GOP Governors Hold Emergency Call to Discuss Trump

[brooklynite]

Source: Political Wire

Politico: “Top Republicans — including governors who convened an emergency conference call on Monday on which Trump was Topic A — expect the real estate mogul to carry as many as 10 states on Tuesday night, an outcome that would deal a body blow to Sen. Ted Cruz, who has staked his campaign heavily on the Southern states holding nominating contests, and to Sen. Marco Rubio, who has yet to win a primary and isn’t expected to do so on Tuesday.”

“Trump’s march to the nomination has set off a wave of anxiety across the Republican Party establishment as top officials weigh whether to endorse him — or denounce him as anathema to the party’s values. Reflecting that angst, on Monday morning, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the heads of the Republican Governors Association, convened fellow governors for an unusual conference call to discuss how the primary was unfolding — and Trump was a central topic of conversation.”

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2016/02/29/gop-governors-hold-emergency-call-to-discuss-trump/

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Careful; the last time the RGA tried this, Le Page skipped out and endorsed him.

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. OH boy, would love to hear a secret taping of that conversation.

[2naSalit]

2. Oh the irony!

That those who would foist a bad trade deal on us would get the same fear they peddle to us as they know this candidate would treat them as we the people would (suffer) under bad policies they have passed into law.

[Botany]

3. They made this monster

Fox, Rush, Tea Baggers, and so on made this monster and now they know it will kill 'em. Oh well.

[rpannier]

15. The Monster was better than Trump

It didn't know any better

[Zambero]

66. Any Bride of Frankenstein fans out there?

Fast forward to the Cleveland GOP Convention:

Trump falls short on the first ballot.
An establishment type is drafted and wins a majority on a subsequent ballot.
Sarah Palin is resurrected one last and motions that the upstart's nomination be made unanimous.
Trump rises up and bellows SHE HATES ME!
An angry scene ensues as balloons drop, and legions of low-educated Trump supporters proceed to torch the place.

[forest444]

4. A word of advice to Trump:

Make sure Melania keeps close tabs on your water bottles. And no small planes for you, Donald.

[caraher]

20. No worries there for The Donald

He flies around on a Boeing 757:

[Reter]

35. I wonder what the cost of fuel is every time he runs it

Also the cost to land/park it.

[Ikonoklast]

38. You subsidize that with the taxes you pay. It's entirely a tax write-off.

The massively wealthy thank you for paying for their toys.

[sharp_stick]

5. I love this

The GOP is panicking and it's so much fun to witness.

[silvershadow]

6. That link is broken for me. Here's one that works:

https://politicalwire.com/2016/02/29/gop-governors-hold-emergency-call-to-discuss-trump/

[hibbing]

7. It's too late baby, now it's too late n/t

[saltpoint]

17. : ) eom

[2pooped2pop]

8. They aren't afraid of him because he is a war mongering racist

That's actually what they like about him. They are afraid of him because he doesn't need the corporate bribes. He's like Bernie to them because he can gather the masses without the party money and he is likely to affect the route of the gravy train.

[kristopher]

9. I've thought that since the beginning of his run. nt

[2pooped2pop]

11. Yeah, they're just jumping on this kkk thing because Trump screwed up and lied in a way that was

So obvious. So now, they are all pretend upset over race. I bet he goes for the Indy run.

[tblue37]

23. And also because he is immune to blackmail. Every dirty detail of his life is already

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out in the open, and rather than being turned off by his scandals, his fans love him even more for them.

[Dustlawyer]

32. I think Trump supporters overlook all of the crap he says because they are sick

of their Republicans promising shite they don't deliver. They want the Establishment out and are not afraid.

On the Democratic side, too many are defeatists who say Bernie's policies cannot be done. They couldn't be more wrong, but hey, go big or go home!

[Loki]

42. Without a House and Senate in the Democratic column,

just how will Mr. Sander's accomplish all these goals? Will he Executive Order himself into an Impeachment inquisition? I'm curious, will the rebukes just lay down and give him what he wants. I'm at a loss to understand how you think that any of this will come to pass in a Sander's Administration. If you want to explain this to me, I will be more than happy to listen, but without the House and the Senate and the Tea Party obstructionistas, it SOS.

[padfun]

43. What makes you think that the house wont be Dem?

And how will Hillary accomplish them as well? Unless she goes total Repub.

[Loki]

45. That's not an answer.

Maybe the Senate, but the House is a different story. Too many districts are gerrymandered to the hilt. Not gonna happen unless there is a seismic shift in historically Republican District seats up for re-election. Don't see that happening. They are doing everything in their power to limit voting for AA and Hispanics and elderly and changing that dynamic is not going to happen until people take back their own state governorships and governments. What I fear most is Trump supporters, when they lose the general and it will happen, things are going to get very ugly, probably violent. These people don't lost with grace. You know asking for a reasonable answer from someone supporting BS is like asking for the impossible. Can't you come up with something better than "unless she goes total Repub."? They will never support her or Bernie, don't you understand that?

[Dustlawyer]

44. Bernie has laid this out, watch the last Chris Mathews interview from last week.

Hillary will work with Republicans to cut taxes on rich people/corporations, signing the TPP, and cutting SS... Other than that she wont do anything for us.

[CoffeeCat]

28. I think the big panic for them is his unwillingness to do the neocon dance

This is the reason for the big panic.

Has nothing to do with Trump's racism, sexism or general narcissism.

Trump has criticized the Iraq War and he won't play along with the neocon agenda. Republicans have said as much. You have to remember, the warmongers have spent decades realizing their war-based dreams of making America dominant by invading, exploiting, controlling and plundering the Middle East. They finally got their foot in the door with Iraq and they've moved on to Syria and Libya. They need a willing neocon who will help them attain the crown jewel--Iran.

Trump won't play.

I mean, you have to laugh. Who likes neocons other than neocons? Trump is a complete moronic asshat, who just happens to reject their plans, primarily due to ego. He still believes in torture. He's prejudice and would still have a racist immigration agenda regarding people in the Middle East. And he's capable of ill-informed, irrational, knee-jerk foreign policy. He may be against the neocon agenda, but he'd be just as disastrous because he's a loose cannon.

But make no mistake, the big scramble against Trump is from the neocon stalwarts--which is a good portion of establishment Republicans (and many Democrats too).

You just have to stand back and marvel at these Republican asshats. Trump is a bi-product of hate radio, which was originally created to propagandize, enrage and activate the base of the Dem party. All they had to do was spew the talking points and suddenly, the Republican base was rabid and for/against whatever Limbaugh/Beck/Hannity/Levin told them to be for/against.

They whipped these low-information asshats into a frenzy and now they are out of control. They're like Godzilla, heading for the mainland. They're angry, irrational and they've turned on the establishment of their own party--the jerks who created this mess.

There's no way this crazed mass will EVER care what a bunch of Republican governors, senators or other establishment Republicans say. Those very people have trained this outraged mass to hate government and to mistrust it. But these governors will meet, wring their hands and try to bring down Trump and the monster that they've created. They won't succeed though. It's completely out of their hands.

[2pooped2pop]

60. Yep that's exactly it.

[SummerSnow]

59. grrrr,grrrr,grrrr....

[Geronimoe]

10. A meeting convened by two losers

Susana Martinez and Scott Walker.

[SmittynMo]

12. The shit's gonna hit the fan tomorrow,

in at least 1 party.

Ya gotta love seeing them self destruct.

[TeamPooka]

13. Funny thing about creating a Golem, eventually it always turns on its' creator. nt

[rpannier]

14. Victor von Frankenstein learned that the hard way as well

[TeamPooka]

21. The monster always turns. nt

[saltpoint]

16. The Puke governors are meeting to

decide what to do about Trump.

Someone should meet to determine what to do about these same Republican governors.

I'm not seeing that any of them is any better than Trump. The only difference is volume.

[DesertRat]

18. Too little, too late GOP!

[valerief]

19. The Hitler Brigade has a problem with Il Donce? Quel surprise!

I thought they were friends.

[NRaleighLiberal]

22. oh, to be a fly on the wall....

[Skittles]

24. hoo boy

[fun n serious]

25. How does he have so many votes? He offends every nationality and race

except whites. He was yelling at one protester. " Get him out of here, are you from Mexico?"

He's disgusting.

[EdwardBernays]

26. here'e the truth

the left is mostly ignorant about Trump... I'll say to you what I say to everyone else... watch a few of his rallies and see what he's actually like...

by pretending that he only appeals to racists and bigots you're blinding yourself to the reality of the situation...

[Katashi_itto]

50. We not ignorant of trump we just wont support a

Corporate operative like Hillary

[Cosmocat]

29. This country is THAT stupid

I have saw him as a very viable threat since last July because I know this country is that fat, that comfortable, that stupid to potentially elect him.

[fun n serious]

31. I agree. They elected Bush twice! nt

[teknomanzer]

52. Appointed by the Supreme Court the first time...

The second election results are questionable due to black box voting.

[snooper2]

36. because republicans don't have any options

Talk to a few of them-

Carson is a fucking idiot on a book tour
Kasich can't win and in general is a douchebag
Marco Roboto is young, inexperienced, and has people just pulling his string to make him talk
Cruz, by and large is considered a fundie evangelical loser

So what do they have left?
Drumpf


Personally I wish I could have voted for Obama again. Shit, lets just make him King

[sufrommich]

41. There's no shortage of white racists in this country. nt

[beachbum bob]

27. the impending doom of conservative politics is being realized

trump, or any of the clowns running will only breed an uprising by those of us who can not stomach the hate, the bigotry that they and their supporters clearly represent without apology....

[greymattermom]

30. Kris Kobach

has endorsed Trump.http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article63164887.html

[Dustlawyer]

33. He is the shite head to look out for!

We will be seeing his name a lot more in the future. We need to find his dirt and air it out! He must be stopped early, he is a low down dirty POS!

[IDemo]

34. If I'm not mistaken (and I don't believe so)

If he has the requisite 50% of delegates at convention time, the repub PTB cannot simply convene in a smoke filled room and select a Romney or Perry instead, much as they'd like to. Despite being the party that paper shredder manufacturers prefer, they do still have a rulebook which pretty much eliminates this scenario.

Some 2,472 delegates will attend the Republican National Convention to select the presidential nominee. The winner must carry 1,237—half of the total, plus one.

[fun n serious]

37. You're not mistaken and

If they try their would be outrage. I mean, they can not simply take the voice of the people away and do as they please. that is not democracy.

[KamaAina]

58. Since when do repukes have anything to do with democracy?

[sufrommich]

39. Trump has exposed their dark underbelly.

That's what has them panicked. Their usual dog whistle is being spoken out loud,can't have that.

[Zambero]

40. Too late. Horse has left the barn.

It will be miles and miles further down the road by late this evening.

[Initech]

46. To be a fly on the wall in that room!

[Liberty Sage]

47. Too Late

Bet they wish they had set up Super delegates like the DNC.

[LiberalLovinLug]

48. The silver lining

In all this, something that ALL Democrat supporters can lol at.

Trump is such a free radical. He will shoot his mouth off without thinking. He can't be "handled". Saying the unsayable like the Iraq War was a bad mistake. Or conversely going too far the other way (at least publicly) and embracing the KKK. They are lost for what to do about him.

[Earth_First]

49. I expect a/some major 'event' to occurr very soon which will knock the campaign down a notch or two

...brought to fruition by some key, largely quiet players who are pulling the GOP strings.

It's all very interesting, indeed!

#staytuned

[nichomachus]

51. I really don't understand their problem

The only differences between Trump and Ronald Reagan are their personas (masks) and the fact that Reagan was a Wall Street darling and Trump isn't.

Reagan played at being a "kindly old grandfather," while Trump comes across as your gross, obnoxious uncle (by marriage).

The Trump character wouldn't have played in 1980, but since the country has been subjected to right-wing talk radio and right wing TV for 35 years, people are more ready for him. People are used to the snide, insulting, and outright racist, misogyinist, and homophobic rhetoric. So Trump appeals to them.

But the policies of the two are pretty much the same. The only real difference was that Reagan, an empty suit, was a creature created by Wall Street. Trump isn't. This is what is really bothering them.

[Jeb Bartlet]

53. Funny seeing

The GOP freaking out over Trump winning their primary when they were the ones who changed the rules to give the early front runner the edge in taking the primaries. They rig the system to ensure that another incident like Romney had, spending millions and weakening himself to win the primary and subsequently loosing to Obama, doesn't happen again.

I love seeing the chickens coming home to roost and shitting all over the place.

[LisaM]

54. When you waste your time doing things like deciding what food poor people

can buy with food stamps and denying birth certificates to babies with unwed mothers (not to mention deliberately going against the will of most American on guns), and ignoring roads, schools, wages, and healthcare, it can hardly be a big surprise when the electorate turns on you.

[Nye Bevan]

55. I bet Spit-Shine Christie wasn't invited (nt)

[dembotoz]

56. scummy walkers trolls favorite saying is elections have consequences yep they do

[Flatpicker]

57. I'm not seeing where

They could denounce him as anathema to the party’s values.

He's the very essence of the parties values.

Pure, distilled, piping hot, Republican values, coiled right on their dining room tables.

[Corgigal]

61. Is it possible,

Just possible, that they believe he's just too stupid to be president? Can you imagine needing emergency surgery and have a choice of surgeon, and you ask for the dumb one?

Maybe, some moderate, smart (they exist) republicans are just as scared of him occuping the Oval Office as we are. He could dust our planet, and he's not smart enough to understand that he doesn't have the wisdom to be president. It's terrifying.

[Volaris]

62. Whatever they (the establishment) decide to do

They had better do it ALL TOGETHER, or they're fucked.
Telling the popular 'base' either YOU'RE WRONG AND FUCK YOU or WE TRUST YOU COMPLETLY is only going to work if they present a united front..If they split, they're screwed beyond imagining and it will cost them the executive branch for 2 more cycles at least

[4lbs]

63. The first thing they should do is expel Chris Christie. Remove him as head of the RGA.

Christie has become Trump's "bottom b****".


(the asterisks are mine, self-censored).

[brooklynite]

64. He's no longer RGA Chair. Susana Martinez (NM) is.

[4lbs]

65. Oh, well then. There you go.

Now, if the people of New Jersey can just do a recall election, and cite lack of performance.

I think he now has around a 60% unfavorable rating in New Jersey.

This could be why Christie isn't so hot to return to New Jersey, and instead wants to stay on the trail with Trump.


Because of this, I believe the next New Jersey governor will be Democratic again.