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https://www.politicususa.com/2020/09/07/trump-screwing-gop.html
Posted on Mon, Sep 7th, 2020 by Jason Easley
Republican House Leader Says Trump Is Screwing The GOP
House Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said that the GOP could lose the 2020 election due to Trumps fight against mail-in voting.
Axios reported:
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McCarthy is particularly worried about deterring senior citizens.
McCarthy said hes spent hours telling Trump that this preoccupation will hurt the Presidents own re-election, as well as Republicans running for Congress.
I tried to show him you know who is most afraid of COVID? Seniors. And if theyre not going to go vote, period, were screwed, McCarthy told me.
Republicans have been sounding the alarm for months that Trumps efforts to deter mail-in voting were backfiring on the party. Democrats and Independents arent listening to Trump, but his most devoted supporters are reading the Presidents message loud and clear.
Before Trump, the Republican Party spent decades promoting voting by mail, but they are watching Trump burn their advantage to the ground, as he is more concerned with providing himself an excuse for losing the election than he is promoting a constructive effort to get more votes.
Trump is hollowing out the Republican Party, and if he loses to Joe Biden, it will just be the beginning of their problems.
Phoenix61
(17,002 posts)Im thinking the Repubs loosing because they failed to support mail in voting would be poetic justice.
SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)smb
(3,471 posts)mercuryblues
(14,530 posts)Merde's touch
niyad
(113,259 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Both are worthless.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,587 posts)He is busy hollowing out our American institutions as well as the republican party.
Poetic justice, indeed.
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Seriously, looks like everybody eventually ends up on Trump's wrong side.
Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)Heh! Heh! Heh!
padah513
(2,500 posts)I want that bastard to hold a press conference every day. He keeps digging that hole deeper and deeper, and none of his people have a set of huevos big enough to tell him to stop digging. Dig you dirty bastard, dig.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)NBC News did a detailed article about how rural people are being hurt by recent changes at the Post Office. They depend on the Postal Service for things that we dont, like live baby chicks for farms and other perishable items that we can normally pick up at a supermarket. They also depend on it to get payments and pay bills. They get medicine via the Postal Service and that is suffering delays. Polling places in their areas are being closed because those places used to be staffed by 65 year old plus residents, so they will need to drive a distance to vote or mail in their vote.
Like everything that he touches, Trump is shooting himself in the foot (which is a good thing).
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)The family member doesn't have to be a member of the voter's household.
Skittles
(153,147 posts)FUCK THEM ALL
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I like your style.
crickets
(25,962 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Everything Trump Touches Dies.
They can blame Trump all they want, but he never would have won a Democratic nomination.
tanyev
(42,550 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,670 posts)stuuuuuuupid fooooools.
Mariana
(14,854 posts)Don't pretend to be surprised by this behavior. You knew who he was.
madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)by Election Day the numbers will be very bad, both in terms of total deaths and surging cases. Seniors who were talked out of voting by mail by Trump could very well wake up on Tuesday morning and decide that their one vote isnt worth the risk.
It could cost them any chance of holding the Senate.
The fact that McCarthy spent hours talking to Trump about this, obviously getting nowhere, is another sign of Trumps demented mind.
Cha
(297,149 posts)to shit
LakeArenal
(28,817 posts)Sogo
(4,986 posts)Escurumbele
(3,386 posts)Even his enablers have agreed to that fact.
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Crocodile tears.
I hope McCarthy loses big. Asswipe.
AllaN01Bear
(18,154 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)COVID19 might not get them to the polls, hijacking their SS and Medicare will for sure.
SledDriver
(2,059 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)Welcome to the world the rest of us live in, Snowflakes.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)even if it means we have to wear a hazmat suit.
We will vote by mail early, and if we can drop off the ballot at a drop box, we will. Otherwise we will vote by mail, early, and keep track of our ballot. As a last resort we will show up early at the polls, bring snacks, a lightweight folding stool, something to read/watch, and stay there until we can vote. We WILL vote.
I believe democratic party seniors have a little more motivation to vote.
I frankly don't give a fuck about any senior that would vote for the turd. May their obstacles be too great to overcome. Hopefully they will be so demoralized they won't have the will to do what it will take. ESPECIALLY once they understand that Social Security will be destroyed by a second term of turd.
Tribetime
(4,684 posts)sakabatou
(42,148 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)Blame everyone but himself of course, meanwhile his most devoted brownshirts will line up everyday for their pat on the cheek
Lonestarblue
(9,971 posts)Republicans in the House acted like ignorant buffoons during the impeachment hearings, then Senate Republicans stuck their heads in the sand and refused even to look at evidence. Either they were too afraid of Trumps tweets or too afraid of the compromat Putin gave him on all of the leaders to make a move. The Russians hacked the RNC servers also, but nothing was ever released. My guess is that whatever was on those servers that could be used against members of Congress was given to Trump to help him keep them in line. Theres a reason Lindsey Graham went from calling Trump a kook to licking his shoes.
So now Republicans can reap what they sowed. They had their chance and blew it.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)They'll lose boxes from blue states, and have armed guards protecting red state votes.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)Marcuse
(7,479 posts)bdamomma
(63,836 posts)repig Party???? tRump is killing Americans, killing their jobs too. Damn Repigs are filthy evil bastards who don't get a shit about Americans. Hey those Senate repigs make $175.000 a year, and bitch about giving Americans $600. Sickening VOTE THEM OUT.
struggle4progress
(118,278 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)Imagine that! Trying to explain something to Donald Trump. What a complete waste of time.
OhioBlue
(5,126 posts)I don't know how they got my number into their database. I've been a registered D for years. But, I keep getting text messages from a GOP group encouraging me to request my mail-in ballot. They use messaging like: "Do your patriotic duty and request a mail-in ballot by clicking here." or "President Trump needs your help. click here to request your ballot."
smb
(3,471 posts)If so, troll them with QAnonsense about "rigging" the election with mail-in votes.
BComplex
(8,036 posts)That would be a down-ballot heaven!
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)#sinkingship
so drunk with power they didn't notice the water
live love laugh
(13,100 posts)The battle of lake Travis continues.