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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 09:37 AM Nov 2016

Donald Trump Election Day loss expected to trigger fighting within Republican Party

Donald Trump Election Day loss expected to trigger fighting within Republican Party
BY CAMERON JOSEPH
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF
Sunday, November 6, 2016, 7:15 PM

WASHINGTON — The civil war for the soul of the Republican Party is only going to grow more bitter if Donald Trump loses to Hillary Clinton.

"I don't expect Trump and his troika of apparatchiks to go quietly. They'll stick around and try to make money off the madness," said Weaver. "We've allowed the elevation of a group of racist cowards into a significant place into our party. … We have become the party of angry white men. Well, now the white men are angrier but they're older. What happens when you're angry and old? Eventually you die off. They're dying off and who are we replacing them with in the Republican Party? First-time voters? Nope. Millennials? Women? People of color? No, no, no."

"Right-wing talk radio has built itself an intellectual cul-de-sac, they can only say no," said former Cruz communications director Rick Tyler. "There's a civil war in the party, and it's split into three factions now. … There's going to be a big brawl."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-loss-expected-trigger-gop-party-civil-war-article-1.2861214
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Donald Trump Election Day loss expected to trigger fighting within Republican Party (Original Post) workinclasszero Nov 2016 OP
The Republican Party has a soul? gordianot Nov 2016 #1
A collection of old male white racists workinclasszero Nov 2016 #3
This is about the size of it kwolf68 Nov 2016 #19
I don't like that word "If".. Losing is the only option for him. Cha Nov 2016 #2
Right any party that puts up a horror show like drumpf workinclasszero Nov 2016 #4
I hope he loses by a lot! Cha Nov 2016 #7
Me too Cha! workinclasszero Nov 2016 #9
Yeah, I'm voting on Tuesday, too.. Cha Nov 2016 #10
I'm like so excited already! workinclasszero Nov 2016 #12
Me too.. all good signs have been pointing to it! Cha Nov 2016 #15
Yes! workinclasszero Nov 2016 #17
Can't expect them to not say if until the election is done and all the votes are counted. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2016 #6
Don't just make $ in the short term, Donald. Now is the time for the TRUMP PARTY! onehandle Nov 2016 #5
It would be handy to gather all the loons workinclasszero Nov 2016 #8
Yeah they just have to stop being the stupid party Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #11
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of fellows davekriss Nov 2016 #13
I hope they are all armed to the teeth, LOL HAB911 Nov 2016 #14
Weapons of choice? BSdetect Nov 2016 #16
My dream... Johnyawl Nov 2016 #18
There's the 'no-shit' headline of the decade. nt arely staircase Nov 2016 #21
This is their normal childlike histrionics, but make no mistake Cosmocat Nov 2016 #22
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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
3. A collection of old male white racists
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 09:56 AM
Nov 2016

still fighting the civil war.

Dominunist religious fanatics that want to set up a theocracy in America

Wall street/main street capitalist pigs that play the first two groups for suckers year after year.

These are the 3 branches of the disease known as the republican party as far as I can see.

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
19. This is about the size of it
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:09 AM
Nov 2016

They all are sorta going for a different piece of the pie, but using the same apparatus to get there. All of these factions see government as an affront to their dreams---dreams of theocracy, states' rights or unbridled capitalism. But the irony is that they need and will use the workings of the federal government to reassert these ostensibly sinister positions. The Republican Party has become a boutique operation and it will take a combination of an incredibly weak Democratic candidate combined with a very strong Republican candidate to make that party viable on a national level again. Hillary isn't invincible, she wasn't this year nor will she be in 2020, but running the assclowns they seem to always gravitate to will get them taken to the woodshed again.

Cha

(297,192 posts)
2. I don't like that word "If".. Losing is the only option for him.
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 09:54 AM
Nov 2016

The pub party has no soul unless you want to count those who are voting for Hillary because they can see what a deranged specimen Donald trump is.

Thank you, working

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
4. Right any party that puts up a horror show like drumpf
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 09:59 AM
Nov 2016

has no soul and needs a wooden stake driven through their dead heart ASAP

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
9. Me too Cha!
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 10:09 AM
Nov 2016

At this time tomorrow, God willing I will have already cast my vote for Hillary.

Then the long wait till 5 or 6pm when the results start coming in...can't wait!

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
12. I'm like so excited already!
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 10:20 AM
Nov 2016

I am hoping for great news for America tomorrow.

Big and unexpected success for the Democratic party all over! I'm really hoping the Hispanic vote comes out HUUUUGE for Hillary!

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
5. Don't just make $ in the short term, Donald. Now is the time for the TRUMP PARTY!
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 10:02 AM
Nov 2016

You don't need those GOP losers. Go where Palin failed and start a true viable third party!

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
8. It would be handy to gather all the loons
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 10:06 AM
Nov 2016

into one place so the rest of the world can laugh their asses off at them with ease!

Johnyawl

(3,205 posts)
18. My dream...
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 11:02 AM
Nov 2016

...is for tRump and the alt-right to form a party of the extreme right (for want of a better name we'll call them the Fascist Party), which will allow the Republican Party to move a bit leftward (toward sanity) and become the center-right party of their fathers. That would allow the Democratic Party to move leftward and become a true center-left party.

Cosmocat

(14,564 posts)
22. This is their normal childlike histrionics, but make no mistake
Mon Nov 7, 2016, 12:37 PM
Nov 2016

They WILL do what they THEY DO.

Scorpion and frog.

It will take a few weeks to emote and blow of steam, but as the day comes closer to Hillary becoming POTUS it will be the enemy of their enemy and they will unite in their vile hatred of all things D POTUS.

AND, again, people are not ready to hear it, but if we get the senate and they do the right thing with the filibuster, shit IS going to hit the fan.

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