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kentuck

(111,079 posts)
Sat May 13, 2017, 01:24 PM May 2017

Is the Republican Party a threat to our national security?

Except for James Comey, I can think of no Republican leader that is willing to stand up to Donald Trump. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

It is all pure partisan politics to them. They show no interest in protecting our country.

How much more do they need to see?

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dchill

(38,472 posts)
2. Ask the embassy staff at Benghazi.
Sat May 13, 2017, 01:30 PM
May 2017

Where they were working underfunded because the Republicans voted down a much needed increase.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
4. Ya think?
Sat May 13, 2017, 01:33 PM
May 2017

The GOPers are going to stick with Trump until they have accomplished as much of their heinous agenda as they can. You might ask, why don't they just let him be 86'd out the WH door and turn to Pence, since he's even more fanatically right-wing, though better behaved. They'd get what they want from him, too. My belief is that if Trump goes down, probably for colluding with the Russians and possible some financial crimes like money laundering and tax evasion, the whole GOP looks really, really bad. Pence will look bad, too, whether or not any of that stuff can be pinned on him as well.

So Pence and the whole party would be grievously weakened and they wouldn't be able to get much of anything they want - and for that reason they're sticking with Dolt 45 for now. But they have another problem now - the Russia investigation threatens to take all the energy away from their domestic agenda. As bad as things are right now, I believe the GOP is going to fuck itself badly, and that makes me very happy.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
6. Is that even a question after the firing of Comey and the damned republican party
Sat May 13, 2017, 01:37 PM
May 2017

being absolutely OK with that?

As another poster said, Trump is a threat to not only us but the entire planet.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
7. redumbliCONs are a threat to our National Security and Democracy.
Sat May 13, 2017, 01:37 PM
May 2017

Greed is the massive motivation of the redumbliCON party. Greed comes before all else.

RKP5637

(67,104 posts)
9. The GOP is interested in their portfolios and that he will pencil-whip sign-off their agenda items.
Sat May 13, 2017, 01:38 PM
May 2017

The GOP could give a flying fuck about this country. Their goal is to rape the US for what they can get out of it.

delisen

(6,042 posts)
14. Yes the Republican Party is a threat to American sovereignty.
Sat May 13, 2017, 02:05 PM
May 2017

and a threat to the health and welfare of citizenry and residents except for the few to whom they have sold out the rest of us.

MedusaX

(1,129 posts)
15. Bingo... "PARTY" being the operative word in the question posed.
Sat May 13, 2017, 02:06 PM
May 2017

The threat is no longer
simply one or two members of the KGOP ...
that can be kept in check until their replacements are elected

The party leadership itself has knowingly engaged in, facilitated, and endorsed acts which collectively pose a serious threat to democracy, the people, and the geopolitical existence of the 'country' itself.


Doreen

(11,686 posts)
16. "How much more do they need to see?"
Sat May 13, 2017, 05:30 PM
May 2017

The problem is they do not see at all or should I say our problem is that they do not see at all.

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