I really can't understand how tightly Repubs are sticking by the former president

[LymphocyteLover]

I really can't understand how tightly Repubs are sticking by the former president as he runs into a tsunami of legal trouble.

It doesn't take a genius to see how tainted he will be in a year by lawsuits and serious criminal trouble.

Are they seriously incapable of looking ahead and thinking maybe they should distance themselves a bit? It's just nuts.

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Two things.

They see 70 million votes.

They know he has the goods on them. Remember, the potus has access to all the wire taps that cheney installed after 911.

[Arkansas Granny]

9. They are afraid to cross his cult. As long as the former guy has influence with those voters,

McConnell and his ilk will stick with the former guy. If they don't stand with him, he'll turn the voters against them.

[bdamomma]

14. How

is the former guy going to do that from prison Arkansas Granny??? Just trying to think optimistic.

[Arkansas Granny]

18. Ha ha. I like the way you think.

[lagomorph777]

31. His cult is headquartered in prison. He'll get the word out.

Skinheads, neonazis, Trumpists - the whole thing is just a big criminal gang.

[enough]

17. Three things. Fear, greed, racism. NT

[LymphocyteLover]

20. but are those 70 million votes going to last once Trump starts getting in serious legal trouble?

[JHB]

28. That's then, this is now.

If they break too soon, FOX, OANN, and other cult media will hammer them and their names will be lodged in the cultists' so-called minds as a "traitor."

Once the cult starts breaking up, it'll be safe for them to pretend they never met him, barely heard of him.

[still_one]

2. Anyone continuing to support trump at this stage has no problem with what happened on Jan 6

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and has no problem supporting a racist, sexist, and bigot

[LymphocyteLover]

21. they make excuses for him... but if he's a multiply convicted criminal?

[Chainfire]

3. It is because he is "one of them" and they love him for it.

Republicans apparently want a tyrant, a daddy figure who can tell them who all is responsible for their personal failings. He has made hate great again. It has been established that being a liar and a cheat is a positive thing.

[LonePirate]

4. Republican voters are only loyal to him and they love him. Repub pols fear their voters.

So they stand by the former president because they don't want to anger him. If he's angry, he could end their political career with a single speech or statement.

[Kittycow]

16. Send them out to the cornfield, in other words.

For the Twilight Zone aficionados.

It's true though.

[uponit7771]

5. 90% of them are TASITLY sympathizing with the 1/6 terrorist by saying there are still

... questions about the election.

[dem4decades]

6. They fear the Idiot Horde.

[cachukis]

7. You spend 40 years building your credibility that's

increasingly false; exposes your huxterism. You have no way to escape with much dignity. When you give that up, you're mostly shot. They're all looking to escape with some face. Some will want to run out the broken wave.

[Still Sensible]

8. Beware of stupid people in large groups! n/t

[lame54]

10. After W they didn't even want to say his name

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. They're missing that oh-so-tasty ass already. Yum, yum, smooch, smooch.

Actually, they're just well-aware that all The Former Guy has to do is wave his magic mushroom over the drooling, rabid base and their names might as well be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

[Iliyah]

12. It is a smoke screen . . .

[ProfessorGAC]

13. It's Still February

And, the craziness extended way beyond the 7 million vote loss in early November.
So, given the pouting & tantrums until Inauguration Day, it's only been 5 weeks.
Business as usual will kick in in relatively short order, IMO.
Let's revisit this topic in September.

[JI7]

15. He is popular among Republicans in the Primary.

They are afraid of losing the primary.

[tblue37]

19. Kompromat. I keep saying it because it's obvious. nt

[LymphocyteLover]

22. that's probaby the best explanation...

[Progressive Jones]

25. Yes, kompromat, and fear of the insurrection monkeys.

Then comes the fact that the monkeys will follow Trump off a cliff.
If he puts up primary challengers, they'll crap their pants.

A lot of big money GOP donors hate Trump. That cuts off a cash supply.

Fortunately, Trump will likely be dead (I don't care how), or in prison within the next couple of years.

[Reader Rabbit]

33. Yep. Gotta wonder what Putin has on them.

I'd love to find out.

It's sad that we'll probably never know.

[pwb]

23. When pukes are wrong they double down to appear right.

Just like the last guy.

[DeminPennswoods]

24. He is perceived by the Rs to be essential to their election

Republican voters are a shrinking group, but their primary voters are the most rw of them. In gerry-mandered districts, whoever wins the primary is probably going to win the general election, so not having a primary opponent is of utmost importance. Embracing Trump can insure that doesn't happen.

[LymphocyteLover]

26. Yes, but still, they surely can see the legal trouble? They can't think ahead at all?

[DeminPennswoods]

27. Not when you are all about getting and keeping power

imho.

[kentuck]

29. He has all their money and they have no where else to go?

They get no contributions unless he doles it out to them. And none of them want to be primaried.

[LymphocyteLover]

30. what? How does he have all their money?

Surely they can raise their own money

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. 1. Brainwashed cult. 2. Ruples. 3. Kompromat.