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babylonsister

(171,056 posts)
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 07:57 PM Sep 2020

Republican House Leader Says Trump Is Screwing The GOP



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 Trump’s fight against mail-in voting.

Axios reported:

We could lose based on that,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) told me at a diner in Salt Lake City last week, during a campaign swing that began in the Pacific Northwest. McCarthy said the party can’t afford for Republicans to sit home, afraid of getting COVID-19, while Democrats flood the field with mail-in ballots.
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McCarthy is particularly worried about deterring senior citizens.

McCarthy said he’s spent hours telling Trump that this preoccupation will hurt the President’s 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 they’re not going to go vote, period, we’re screwed,” McCarthy told me.


Republicans have been sounding the alarm for months that Trump’s efforts to deter mail-in voting were backfiring on the party. Democrats and Independents aren’t listening to Trump, but his most devoted supporters are reading the President’s 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.
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Republican House Leader Says Trump Is Screwing The GOP (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2020 OP
Would that fall under irony or poetic justice? Phoenix61 Sep 2020 #1
Everything Trump Touches Dies! SharonAnn Sep 2020 #18
King Merde-as -- Everything He Touches Turns To Sh*t nt smb Sep 2020 #41
Trump does have the mercuryblues Sep 2020 #45
Proof that Kharma has a wicked sense of humor?? niyad Sep 2020 #19
Good. Screw the both of them. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2020 #2
NOW those people are getting clued in to what it feels like to be on tRump's wrong side. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #3
That pre-supposes that Trump has a "right" side... Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #9
I hope they all flip their Whigs Vogon_Glory Sep 2020 #4
I'm not a cussing man but padah513 Sep 2020 #5
Rural voters are being hurt due to problems with postal service. Blue_true Sep 2020 #6
In Michigan, family members can deposit ballots in drop off boxes. Kaleva Sep 2020 #12
GOOD Skittles Sep 2020 #7
Skittles, I just have to say... smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #11
Two fingers up in agreement! Not hard to guess which ones. nt crickets Sep 2020 #38
#ETTD... Wounded Bear Sep 2020 #8
Kevin, he grabbed the GOP by the p***y four years ago and you cheered him on. tanyev Sep 2020 #10
The idiot gop magats brought this on themselves. lindysalsagal Sep 2020 #13
You knew who he was when you supported him, Rep. McCarthy. Mariana Sep 2020 #14
According to the doctors and scientists madaboutharry Sep 2020 #15
No Shit Sherlock.. everything trump touches turns Cha Sep 2020 #16
I'm very concerned. Make that concerned. No... I don't care Do U? LakeArenal Sep 2020 #17
Hear, hear ! Sogo Sep 2020 #20
Can that be used as evidence that trump is illegally hurting the USPS? Escurumbele Sep 2020 #21
Jump the Shark and it very well could bite. Tommymac Sep 2020 #22
ya think? AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #23
Let Seniors know that The Maggot plans to end their SS benefits. SammyWinstonJack Sep 2020 #24
Yet, party over country repukes continue to back him SledDriver Sep 2020 #25
Moron has screwed everything else, why should they keep their virginity? sarge43 Sep 2020 #26
There is a certain segment of seniors who will do whatever it takes, to vote... not_the_one Sep 2020 #27
Way too F in late F you Tribetime Sep 2020 #28
Did he just notice? sakabatou Sep 2020 #29
DerTrumpenfurher will blame everyone, if they allow him to lose, he will turn on people Baclava Sep 2020 #30
The Republican Party had its chance to remove Trump. Lonestarblue Sep 2020 #31
They'll cheat somehow. zentrum Sep 2020 #32
"Apres moi, le deluge" Klaralven Sep 2020 #33
They knew all along. They deserve to lose. Marcuse Sep 2020 #34
Screwing the bdamomma Sep 2020 #35
"Ya voters really gotta help us here, cuz our kowtowing to a psychopath is costing us votes!" struggle4progress Sep 2020 #36
Ya think? vlyons Sep 2020 #37
I keep getting text messages from GOP to vote by mail OhioBlue Sep 2020 #39
Is It Possible To Send Replies? smb Sep 2020 #42
I hope this is true. I'd love to see republicans stay home this election. BComplex Sep 2020 #40
Damn we made it all the way to Sept before they noticed scarytomcat Sep 2020 #43
"Abandon ship!" 🙄 live love laugh Sep 2020 #44

Phoenix61

(17,002 posts)
1. Would that fall under irony or poetic justice?
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 07:59 PM
Sep 2020

I’m thinking the Repubs loosing because they failed to support mail in voting would be poetic justice.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,587 posts)
3. NOW those people are getting clued in to what it feels like to be on tRump's wrong side.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:05 PM
Sep 2020

He is busy hollowing out our American institutions as well as the republican party.

Poetic justice, indeed.

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
9. That pre-supposes that Trump has a "right" side...
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:12 PM
Sep 2020


Seriously, looks like everybody eventually ends up on Trump's wrong side.

padah513

(2,500 posts)
5. I'm not a cussing man but
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:08 PM
Sep 2020

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)
6. Rural voters are being hurt due to problems with postal service.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:09 PM
Sep 2020

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 don’t, 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)
12. In Michigan, family members can deposit ballots in drop off boxes.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:16 PM
Sep 2020

The family member doesn't have to be a member of the voter's household.

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
8. #ETTD...
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:11 PM
Sep 2020

Everything Trump Touches Dies.

They can blame Trump all they want, but he never would have won a Democratic nomination.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
14. You knew who he was when you supported him, Rep. McCarthy.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:18 PM
Sep 2020

Don't pretend to be surprised by this behavior. You knew who he was.

madaboutharry

(40,208 posts)
15. According to the doctors and scientists
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 08:20 PM
Sep 2020

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 isn’t 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 Trump’s demented mind.

Escurumbele

(3,386 posts)
21. Can that be used as evidence that trump is illegally hurting the USPS?
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 09:31 PM
Sep 2020

Even his enablers have agreed to that fact.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
24. Let Seniors know that The Maggot plans to end their SS benefits.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 09:48 PM
Sep 2020

COVID19 might not get them to the polls, hijacking their SS and Medicare will for sure.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
26. Moron has screwed everything else, why should they keep their virginity?
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 09:53 PM
Sep 2020

Welcome to the world the rest of us live in, Snowflakes.

 

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)
27. There is a certain segment of seniors who will do whatever it takes, to vote...
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 10:09 PM
Sep 2020

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.

 

Baclava

(12,047 posts)
30. DerTrumpenfurher will blame everyone, if they allow him to lose, he will turn on people
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 10:17 PM
Sep 2020

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)
31. The Republican Party had its chance to remove Trump.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 10:19 PM
Sep 2020

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 Trump’s 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. There’s 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)
32. They'll cheat somehow.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 10:20 PM
Sep 2020

They'll lose boxes from blue states, and have armed guards protecting red state votes.

bdamomma

(63,836 posts)
35. Screwing the
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 10:37 PM
Sep 2020

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.

OhioBlue

(5,126 posts)
39. I keep getting text messages from GOP to vote by mail
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 11:37 PM
Sep 2020

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)
42. Is It Possible To Send Replies?
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 05:29 AM
Sep 2020

If so, troll them with QAnonsense about "rigging" the election with mail-in votes.

BComplex

(8,036 posts)
40. I hope this is true. I'd love to see republicans stay home this election.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 11:38 PM
Sep 2020

That would be a down-ballot heaven!

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
43. Damn we made it all the way to Sept before they noticed
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 05:45 AM
Sep 2020

#sinkingship
so drunk with power they didn't notice the water

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