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madaboutharry

(40,183 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:43 PM Nov 2020

Steve Schmidt: "The American people threw Trump out on his ass."

Speaking earlier with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC, Schmidt was very angry and attacked republicans for their appeasement of Trump and his bullshit.

I know a lot of people have suspicions about The Lincoln Project. But I see it this way: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

These people stepped up in their opposition to Trump. But they have not walked away. They are throwing their weight in on the Georgia Senate races.

Schmidt and Stuart Stevens in particular have turned on the Republican Party 1,000%.

If down the road they seek to form a new Conservative party, I think that is something good for Democracy.

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Steve Schmidt: "The American people threw Trump out on his ass." (Original Post) madaboutharry Nov 2020 OP
K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1
Kickin' Faux pas Nov 2020 #2
K & R DLCWIdem Nov 2020 #3
That was a righteous rant. AngryOldDem Nov 2020 #4
Nicole skipped a commercial break and told him to keep going GreatCaesarsGhost Nov 2020 #5
KnR secondwind Nov 2020 #6
K&R CatMor Nov 2020 #7
Any Republican that continues to wear the. . . pat_k Nov 2020 #8
I could live with a coalition government Drahthaardogs Nov 2020 #9
Kicking this! Hekate Nov 2020 #10
I agree. We might not always agree with Schmidt, but we now know PatrickforO Nov 2020 #11

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
4. That was a righteous rant.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:48 PM
Nov 2020

He’s correct that the refusal of the GOP to put a stop to this is a crime for the ages.

That’s why I love Steve Schmidt. He does NOT tolerate criminal fools.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
8. Any Republican that continues to wear the. . .
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:55 PM
Nov 2020

"mantle" Republican, given how the party has debased itself. . . with the slide downward becoming exponentially faster in the years from Iran Contra through torture, and into the horror of the past four years.

As far as I'm concerned, any office holder, or seeker of office who doesn't reject the label is a debased human with no moral compass.

I don't care what a relatively sane right leaning person calls themselves. As long as they denounce what the Republican Party has become and openly abandon it, they redeem themselves a bit in my book. To see a widespread rejection would truly be good for the country.

I don't expect to, but as the song goes "Wouldn't it be nice if. . ."

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
9. I could live with a coalition government
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:56 PM
Nov 2020

Of moderates governing from the middle with concessions both ways now and then.

PatrickforO

(14,557 posts)
11. I agree. We might not always agree with Schmidt, but we now know
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 09:39 PM
Nov 2020

he is a straight up guy who actually has some principles.

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