You can connect the dots and see where this Steve King thing is going, right?

[Miles Archer]

1). Karl Rove just re-tweeted a National Review article and commented "I agree we do."

(For the record, I don't follow Rove on Twitter, but I do follow Aaron Rupar. You've seen his tweets in many of my threads, often clips of Trump. He re-tweeted Rove, and I'm not posting the links to Rove or National Review here).

2). The article was titled "Conservatives Need To Draw The Line At Steve King."

3). The tag line of the article is "His support for far-right extremists makes him more trouble than he's worth." Rove "agrees."

AS I READ THE TEA LEAVES, HERE'S WHAT COMES NEXT.

4). Conservatives dispose of King, with Trump's blessing.

5). Trump takes a victory lap for solving the problem of racism and white supremacy in the Republican party.

6). Trump continues being Trump, but Fox & Friends (and the MAGAts) high-five him for taking a bold and non-partisan presidential stance on racism and white supremacy in the Republican party.

7). No one has the courage to say out loud the fact that National Review's tag line, "His support for far-right extremists makes him more trouble than he's worth," describes Trump just as accurately as it describes King. It also will take one hell of a lot more than throwing one psychopath under the bus to "solve the problem." But no one will say any of that.

Did I miss anything?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. I think you're giving Trump too much credit

He's just as racist as King.

[vlyons]

2. It doesn't matter what Republicans say now

Once we take the House, the GOP legislative agenda is DOA. Plus we will be running so many investigations and subpeonas that GOP heads will spin 24x7

[welivetotreadonkings]

3. Idk the National Review said similar things about Trump early on in the primary...

I could honestly see King being nominated for their 2024 presidential candidate, should he choose to run.

[Quixote1818]

4. All Trump has is is racist base. They won't like that one bit! nt

[Miles Archer]

6. Yes, agreed, but...

8). Trump says "the problem is over, I fixed it"

9). Trump continues to spout racist / white supremacist crap

10). Trump frames it as an attack on Republicans and the MAGAts

The reason I say that is that Bannon was "the Brietbart guy in the White House," and Trump got away with tossing his ass.

You make a good point, and it could inflame the base, but Trump would woo 'em back, because there's not a functioning brain in the bunch beyond what Trump spoon-feeds them.

[brooklynite]

5. Not a chance that happens

Either Democrats (and his voters) knock him out or they don't. If King wins re-election, he won't be expelled (what Republicans remain in the House will be far more Tea Party), and Trump would never anger his base by showing himself to be anti-racist.

[Generic Brad]

7. It's preemptive blame for losing

I suspect their internal polling shows they will be shellacked on Election Day. They will claim Steve King was the ringleader racist and now that he’s gone the GOP is mainstream again.

[Miles Archer]

8. One way or another, they are setting him up to be a scapegoat...

...and they will get as much mileage as they can out of his departure. They will spin it into oblivion. I hadn't thought about using him as a human shield for the midterm losses, but it makes a lot of sense.

[Marie Marie]

9. I still remember when Michelle Bachman did a shout out to him:

"Steve King - You da MAN!" May he disappear with her.

[Miles Archer]

10. She has re-surfaced recently

I saw some crazy headline yesterday or the day before about her and the evangelicals. Didn't click on it to read it. I've been enjoying her absence too much.

[Marie Marie]

11. Eeeew - she's ALIVE!

With her back-up band of The Bible Thumpers. Good thing you didn't click, we have enough of the crazy going on.