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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,304 posts)
Tue May 11, 2021, 03:28 PM May 2021

With Liz Cheney vote, is the Republican Party going to kiss Trump's huge ass again?

When Mitch McConnell was asked on Dec. 1 why he was not speaking out against then-President Donald Trump’s lies about a rigged election, he shrugged.

“The future will take care of itself,” McConnell said.

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Now, just five months after McConnell's remarks, the Republican Party’s leaders are again failing to confront Trump’s sustained war on reality and truth because they think they need his support to have a chance at winning in an upcoming election.

Trump continues to deceive his own supporters with lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election and is unrepentant about his role in fomenting one of the worst days in U.S. history. But the blame doesn’t reside solely with the former president. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has played a major role in shielding Trump from any political consequences and in rehabilitating his image.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/with-liz-cheney-vote-the-republican-party-faces-a-moment-of-reckoning-on-trump-again-090003340.html

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With Liz Cheney vote, is the Republican Party going to kiss Trump's huge ass again? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP
Yes nt SoCalDavidS May 2021 #1
With enthusiasm and abandon. dalton99a May 2021 #2
I want to see a group picture of them puckering up. badhair77 May 2021 #3
I hope that they do. This internal war is fun to watch. Under The Radar May 2021 #4

Under The Radar

(3,405 posts)
4. I hope that they do. This internal war is fun to watch.
Tue May 11, 2021, 04:07 PM
May 2021

If they would examine the data behind Joe’s approval numbers, they should likely back off a bit from pissing off more than 1/3 of their own party.

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