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global1

(25,257 posts)
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 01:25 AM Dec 2022

Has Anyone Asked Any Repug In The Senate Or House.....

if Tr**p is blackmailing them in any way?

What special power does he have over the Repugs that no one wants to cross him in any way or speak ill of him?

I wonder if Liz C. or Adam K. would answer that question. They're persona non grata with TFG and the Party anyway. It would seem like they would share that sort of thing with us.

I'm thinking that TFG told the Repugs - if you try and take me down - I bring down the whole Repug Party with me.

Even if he doesn't have any blackmail type material on them - he would just make up some lie and take them down that way.

Otherwise - I just can't understand how he's got them under his spell.

I know that DU'ers here have said - it's his supporters that the Repugs can't live without and that this is his hold over them.

I just can't buy that story.

I'm curious if there are other theories out there as to how Tr**p maintains his hold on the Repugs.

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Has Anyone Asked Any Repug In The Senate Or House..... (Original Post) global1 Dec 2022 OP
90% of the Repub base approves of Trump. That's why spooky3 Dec 2022 #1
I've wondered the same. mahina Dec 2022 #2
trump owned an "escort service" and a "modeling agency" rampartc Dec 2022 #3
You say you can't "buy" the "story" that Trump's power comes from the loyalty of his supporters onenote Dec 2022 #4
Putin didn't break into just the DNC computers. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #5
THIS Talitha Dec 2022 #6

spooky3

(34,462 posts)
1. 90% of the Repub base approves of Trump. That's why
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 01:49 AM
Dec 2022

They’re afraid to cross him. They can’t win without his base.

rampartc

(5,425 posts)
3. trump owned an "escort service" and a "modeling agency"
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 03:42 AM
Dec 2022

and held "parties" at his hotel/casino that he likely filmed discretely.

trump likely inherited roy cohn's polaroids.

trump was tight with pecker at national inquirer whose business model includes extortion.

trump likely has epstein's video collection (or ms maxwell would be free)

and then there is putin, the kgb was famous for providing entertainment to visiting dignitaries.

what do you think?

onenote

(42,723 posts)
4. You say you can't "buy" the "story" that Trump's power comes from the loyalty of his supporters
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 03:53 AM
Dec 2022

Why? And why do you need some other "theory" is far less plausible?

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