Are the wheels finally coming off the clown car?

[Soph0571]

This has been a hell of a week for Mein Trump

• Trump tax returns on the way to congress. Check
• Trump told his toadies to sack the infrastructure bill and they ignored him. Check
• Trump endorsed candidate in Texas loses bigly. Check.
• Trumps seditious conspiracy to overturn the election has been confirmed by the DoJ, with evidence. Check.

Loss of power? Potentially. Legal woes? Definitely.

For a bonus wobble Trump and the kids don’t get to hide the details of their involvement in a fraudulent pyramid scheme (popcorn time when it finally gets to court!), and all against the backdrop of the commission exposing MAGA legislators for the horror filled shitshow they are.

I know the most committed of the cult will see all of this and think it nought, but for the rest that still cling the carcass of the republican party, surely the clown car is starting to look for shaky indeed.

[mucifer]

1. CNBC says a federal judge blocked trump's taxes . But, there is no other

source for this info when I google it.

Anyway after news like this for the last 5 years with his republican support crazy strong, I will wait and see.

[patricia92243]

3. Did this just happen? All the news outlets say Trump tax returns on the say to COngress.

[mucifer]

4. About a day ago. Here is the link:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/31/judge-gives-trump-time-to-challenge-tax-return-disclosure-to-congress.html


Since there is no other source, I'm hoping it's wrong. But, there is no retraction either.

[spooky3]

5. The judge didn't block the action; s/he just gave lawyers

A few days of notice, as I understand it. Other outlets on TV also reported this.

[empedocles]

7. Wednesday

[patricia92243]

2. The big wigs are starting to face the facts the anybody that

has lost the popular vote twice, lost the house, lost the senate, been impeached twice might not be the person they want to follow.

Add to this all the things that you pointed out, there is a very good chance he will be thrown overboard except by so few Trumpers that it won't make any difference.

[abqtommy]

6. Of course to me the big bonus is not that "The Cult" has always been a minority but that

every day in every way covid is reducing their numbers since the unvaxxed are dropping like flies
in a DDT manufacturing operation! I wish my cousins in the U.K. the same level of success.

[Hortensis]

13. Well, this is a deadly virus, but only for small percentages,

and we've gotten a lot better at treating it. They'll almost all still be available to vote in 2022.

However, more should finally become alarmed and aware. Might even lessen tRump's power of enchantment for some. Or not.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Of course! THIS was the 5 Year Anniversary Week of "Russia, if you're listening ...."

Did you think America wouldn't answer the call, at last?

July 27, 2016.

Why that line didn't ring alarm bells all over the country is beyond me.

The HRC campaign should have lit the lamp for days.

Obama DOJ. What were they thinking? I know ... he'll never make it, we've got this.

But most Democrats on the ground knew we were in trouble. From April 1, 2016.

But we're up and running now!

[JI7]

9. This is why they are doing all they can to prevent certain people from voting

or having their votes count.

[malaise]

10. YES!

The Slobfather will soon be known as the low energy loser

[Pinback]

17. LOL, the LEL.

[malaise]

19. Love the LEL

Throw it right back at him

[oswaldactedalone]

11. Will Trump calling the cops

who defended the Capitol "pussies" further erode support or will the MAGAts let that pass as well?

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

16. It won't even matter.

He insulted a veteran who was a POW. He called Vietnam vets suckers and losers. There are plenty of veterans who still support him.

He has insulted women relentlessly. There are still plenty of female Trump supporters.

His attacks on the Capitol police likely will not affect the strong support he has among law enforcement.

With his supporters, his insults and bad behavior just don't matter; in fact they revel in it because they are just as twisted, hateful and self-centered as he is.

His cult worships him even though he looks down on them with contempt.

[Goonch]

12. ;-{)

[Sherman A1]

14. Believe it when I see it

and probably not even then. Rules just don't apply to republicans.

[Hortensis]

15. Yes, it leaves out the reality of the fear and hatred of the base for us,

of evil liberalism itself, and we're still here. This stuff is irrelevant to those who believe they have to smash us into oblivion, and who still need a Der Leader to do it.

As for the less-crazy tRump voters, some were disillusioned by truth in 2016 and 2020, but by far most betrayed all their claimed beliefs to vote for him twice despite everything. This should weaken loyalty to him, but then I thought finding out his campaign was full of Russian (commie) agents in 2016 would do that.

[dameatball]

18. I don't know but maybe the clown car is just changing owners. I saw my first DeSantis flag yesterday

on a boat on the St. Johns. Probably going to be DeSantis boat parades before long.

[Jon King]

23. This, we may be playing right into their hands.

Dems too focused on Trump and his cronies, meanwhile Repugs gut voting rights, Dems lose some black enthusiasm, Desantis is able to keep most of Trump base, Desantis can add a few suburbanites by acting more rational than Trump, we lose it all in 2024.

Desantis is getting hammered now cause of Covid....but that could be a distant memory in voters minds by 2024.

[Cosmo Blues]

21. The Arizona audit

Ended with a whimper, the doj is sent out a letter warning the turning over ballots and election machinery maybe breaking federal law if you don't give it to certified auditors

[Jon King]

22. Heck with Trump, if we don't protect voting rights and lose black support, we will lose it all.

Dems way too focused on Trump while the Repugs are playing chess. It is irrelevant what happens with Trump in the bigger picture.

Like a post above said, they will simply switch to Desantis. While we focus on getting the Trumps, they are focused on making sure Repug legislatures can overturn county results.

Also there are more and more editorials and noise in the black community that Biden and the Dems are not fighting enough for voting rights. We have even a small down tick in black enthusiasm and we lose in 2022 and 2024 and its all over.

We need to laser focus on voting rights. So we end up with Trump indicted, the Repugs now circle over to another slightly less polarizing candidate. Not a good strategy for Dems.

[MrModerate]

24. And isn't there a whole can of Inaugural Stink yet to be opened? n/t

[Politicub]

25. He isn't as popular as his ability to attract attention makes it seem.

I believe he is deeply offensive to most people, but the Republican Party still clings to him because of his coalition of deplorables.

[Silent3]

26. The wheels have been off for a while. But there's an army of idiots, sycophants, and grifters...

...who have been more than willing to drag the rusting wheelless hulk scraping and screeching down the road behind them.

Too often this is sufficient to meet their needs.