Has the GOP pretty much abandoned T?

[grumpyduck]

Some days ago I wrote a post commenting on how the DNC had a lot of elected officials as speakers, while the RNC had only a handful of T's cronies (Moscow Mitch, the guy with the cow, and a few others), while the rest of the speakers came from other fields. And some of your responses -- along with the lack of response from Congressional Republicans to T's denigration of the military -- got me thinking.

Is it possible they have pretty much decided they don't want their names to be associated with him in any way shape or form, and only consider him a useful idiot to help them stay in power? After all, the MSM has been focusing so much on him recently that they have pretty much ignored Congress. These members of Congress are politicians, so maybe they figure if the MSM continues to pay attention to him, they will leave the GOP alone to do whatever it wants to do.

[Aristus]

1. Cowardly enough to abandon him.

Not brave enough to denounce him.

[CrispyQ]

2. Perfectly stated!

[Arkansas Granny]

5. That's exactly how it is.

[ancianita]

6. +1

[In_The_Wind]

9. That's good enough.

[crickets]

17. *ding!* Winner.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Loyalty is not a strong suit for Repubs...

They exhibit plenty of it when it furthers their goals, but real loyalty? Not much.

[nevergiveup]

4. Someone forgot to tell Nikki Haley

[brush]

12. Right. What the hell was she thinking, associating herself with trump?

I thought she was smarter than that.

[Polly Hennessey]

13. She is not that smart.

She is just a grifter with smoother edges.

[brush]

14. After aligning herself with trump I have to agree.

I know she's ambitious and wants to seek higher office so I thought she'd know better. Once trump loses, no Republicans are going to want anything to do with him or those once his sycophants.

She has to know how W Bush became an unmentionable persona non grata once he was out of office.

[empedocles]

7. Wish some of the abandonment would shoot up to the Senate

[Le Roi de Pot]

8. They will never do it.. They need their racist scumbag supporters

They may not embrace him like they did --- but will never do anything overtly to distance themselves

[ms liberty]

10. Quietly and slowly, they're all backing out of the room he's inhabiting

They're not going to tell him or anyone else for that matter, but yea, they're leaving him.

[LonePirate]

11. Publicly? Not a chance. Privately? Difficult to say.

Some of them surely see how he is dragging down their entire party. They also know their electoral chances are much higher in 2022 with Biden in the White House as it will be another slaughter if he is re-elected this year. They also know they have gotten tax cuts and a couple hundred judges from him, so they don't need much more in the immediate future.

[safeinOhio]

15. Funny how James, the guy running for the

Senate in Mi. scrubbed all of his post praising tRump form social media 2 months ago.

[Midnight Writer]

18. McConnell told GOP Senators up for re-election to distance themselves from Trump if

Trump hadn't turned things around by Labor Day.

[grumpyduck]

19. Oh my...

Like they used to say in the silent movies...

The Plot Thickens.