If Repubs get slaughtered in the election, how long until they throw Trump under the bus?

[kentuck]

If they suffer defeats worse than they imagine, Donald Trump will no longer be considered an asset to them. He will become a liability. The last thing Republicans would want would be for him to be at the top of the ticket in 2020.

Nobody knows how this election will turn out but I am hoping for a massacre.

[bearsfootball516]

1. I don't know if they'd kick him off of the top of the ticket, but...

I could see them trying to put tons of distance between themselves and him, especially when 2020 rolls around. He's going to want to campaign in certain cities and swing states, and I could see candidates telling him to stay away.

[beachbum bob]

2. Never. They will go down together in 2020 and the mop up in 2022

[janterry]

3. He's going to throw THEM under the bus, first

I think our only hope is Mueller.

[ProudLib72]

4. Considering how long it took them to flip flop on preexisting conditions

About fifteen seconds.

But I expect a heck of a lot of mental gymnastics and gaslighting involved in the separation process so they can hold on to the radical right support.

[saidsimplesimon]

5. Hope for the best and expect the worst

My fellow Americans, who vote, are often more tribal than cerebral. For the sake of my mental well-being, I have accepted that all I can do is stand up, speak out and work to vote them out of office.

[Laffy Kat]

6. Last night someone on DU said that if Dems took the House, 45 would resign.

Makes sense.

[Hekate]

7. Hard to throw a guy under the bus who has a dynamite vest on. They are stuck with him...

...like stink on a pig.

[SolidBlueDem]

8. Not to be pessimistic but we can we at least wait til after Tuesday for these type of threads

I bet there were a lot of these type of threads right before the 2016 election too. Let's just take care of business next Tuesday and go from there.

[unblock]

9. that can't really happen because of primaries.

they can't abandon donnie unless and until foxnews abandons donnie because any republican who speaks out against donnie will get primaried by a donnie loyalist.

in many districts/states, the general election is a forgone conclusion, so winning the primary is the only thing that matters. in more contested general elections, republicans choosing an ever-more extreme loyalist might well cost them the general, but they aren't currently set up to care about such things at primary time.

only if foxnews abandons donnie will it become safe for republicans to abandon him.

there's a *small* chance that mueller's report may cause that to happen, but it remains very unlikely.


imho, there's a high probability donnie will be renominated without contest and go on to lose the general election by a sizable margin.

[Cosmocat]

10. Trump is going to quit part 2,000

There is nothing, absolutely NOTHING he has said or done that indicates he is going to walk away from this.

There INFINITELY greater likelyhood is that he does not leave on his own accord IF we manage to win in 2020, or after 2024 ...

They are NOT going to "turn" on him 1) 95% of them are as sick as he is 2) MANY of them are dirty in a way that they know their best chance to not be dealt with is with him as the country's dictator.

They WILL universally either say nothing, or most of them will ball around about the evil democrats that are responsible for any economic downturns, any scandals that come to light or are dealt with.

[Funtatlaguy]

11. Depends on how big the blue wave is

To be huge, we need a larger than expected youth and Hispanic turnout in southern and western states that have Senate and Gov races

If we somehow retake the Senate or lose only one seat couple with winning 8-10 Gov races and win 35-40 House seats......Trump may just resign before Muellers report comes out. 🤗

[qazplm135]

12. they will still be mostly too afraid of his voters in the primaries

I think some in more purple or even light blue areas may feel more of a need to oppose them out of self-preservation though.

[malaise]

15. The vile MAGAcretin won't be president for the primaries n/t

[Caliman73]

13. I don't think that they can.

Trump has developed a loyal base that will likely not support any other Republican that doesn't have as extreme rhetoric as he does. I think that the Republicans have painted themselves into a corner with Trump.

He is the logical (extreme but logical) end to conservative ideology in the United States. This is what Republicans since Nixon have been pushing for albeit far more subtly. They want to wealthy to be left alone and used religious bigots and racists to accomplish that. Now the bigots and racists want their recompense.

I do hope that Republicans are swept from power in a very significant way that sends a clear message.

[malaise]

14. 24 hours

or less.

[grantcart]

16. 78

[Arazi]

17. Trumps going to say the election is illegitimate. Mark my words

There will be a concerted effort to say various races were thrown/illegitimate. Violence will be aimed at the "illegitimate"Dem winners like McCaskill, Gillem, Sinema etc.

There will be an effort to try to keep them from assuming their seats.

Rs are no longer playing by the old rules. We are fools to think they'll honor the results

[jpljr77]

18. They won't. They'll ignore the House and claim that Trump, and Trump alone, saved the Senate.

And then they'll just get back to confirming conservative judges at a record pace unabated. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

[malaise]

20. What if they lose both the House and Senate? n/t

[jpljr77]

22. As much as I'd like to be wrong, that question is moot.

[DFW]

19. Quite long, I bet

Don't forget, there hardly ARE any real Republicans left, just the crazies that still proudly wear the party label. If Trump were to declare war against Mexico and Canada, and their children are killed in action and their houses demolished, they will say it would have been worse if Trump hadn't been there for them. We are NOT talking about rational people here, and irrational people are far more prevalent than we wish they were.

Quite aside from that, I'm betting the Republican Electoral Fraud Machine is in high gear, and will limit damage to them. Voter disenfranchisement, pre- or poorly- (it doesn't matter, as long as they do the programming) programmed electronic voting machines and corrupt local officials, such as Scott Walker's girlfriend in Waukesha County, will all compensate for numbers that say they will take a beating. That is only if our elections were honest, fairly held affairs. That can no longer be said to be the case.

[brooklynite]

21. Leadership can't control the mob...

If they got rid of Trump, they'd all be Primaried in 2020.