Republicans Are Now At Risk Of Losing The Senate As They Get Crushed By Impeachment

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/10/29/republicans-at-risk-of-losing-senate-impeachment-crushing-gop.html

Posted on Tue, Oct 29th, 2019 by Sean Colarossi
Republicans Are Now At Risk Of Losing The Senate As They Get Crushed By Impeachment


It is still likely that Republicans will maintain control of the U.S. Senate after the 2020 elections, but impeachment is giving Democrats a big window of opportunity that could grow as the inquiry rages on.

According to former Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Florida, Republicans in the Senate are struggling to defend Donald Trump and a lot of them “understand that this is serious, that there’s real potential political peril out there for them.”

“The only ones that could potentially bail Republicans out of this is Democrats by mishandling it, and it appears that Nancy Pelosi is being extremely careful, and that’s unlikely,” he told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews.

Link to tweet

Curbelo said:

They’re worried, Chris, and they’re also tired. There’s Trump fatigue all over the country and that includes the House Republican conference and the Senate Republican conference. That’s why you see, in part, some Republicans walking away, choosing not to run for re-election. Some of them think that it’s going to be difficult to get re-elected, others are just tired of having to defend Donald Trump, of having to answer for all of his conduct. So there is a growing concern. It kind of feels the way it did about 6 to 7 weeks out of the 2016 election when some Republicans started creating some distance between themselves and the president. Of course, that election took a number of interesting twists and turns after that. But certainly, a lot of Republicans understand that this is serious, that there’s real potential political peril out there for them when it comes to this issue. This is not like the Russia probe where Mueller came in and, in a way, kind of bailed Republicans out. This is different. The only ones that could potentially bail Republicans out of this is Democrats by mishandling it, and it appears that Nancy Pelosi is being extremely careful, and that’s unlikely.

This is only going to get worse for Republicans

Privately, Republicans know that Donald Trump’s Ukraine extortion scandal is indefensible, but their fear of the president and their prioritization of politics over country is guiding their public behavior.

But the longer the impeachment process plays out, the harder it will be for vulnerable Republican senators to defend the president.

In fact, there are signs that this strategy is already backfiring for the GOP.

As The National Journal notes, “New polls and fundraising reports show key GOP senators in political trouble, giving Democrats a solid shot to win back control of the upper chamber.”

With public hearings on the way and a formal House impeachment vote taking place later this week, the process is only going to escalate and make the politics much more deadly for Republicans.

The GOP is still the favorite to retain control of the U.S. Senate, but the fact that the Republican-friendly map is now shifting toward the Democrats shows just how badly impeachment is crushing them.

[calimary]

1. GOOD!

Good Good Good Good Good Good GOOD!!!

[ananda]

10. Oh pleezze God!

Make it happen!

[LeftTurn3623]

2. Please Please Please

Let the Dems take back the Senate

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Term limits

They should shorten the Senate election cycle imo. 6 years leads to 24 years. There's a lot of damage to undo after McConnell.

[duforsure]

4. Every day

Trumps left in office as more gets exposed daily on trump and republicans , more republicans will lose their seats in Congress. Nancy knows this well too. Trumps now desperate as the truth comes out despite his and the republicans attempts to prevent it's exposing them. Republicans are in a downward spiral as long as they let him stay in office, and they know it too. National security , and corruption , and all the lying will get them overwhelmingly voted out of office.

[Perseus]

9. We need the Senate, they are 'The Wall'

I posted below about my puzzlement in regards to repubs being favourites to keep the Senate, that is a big problem if that is true.

[Duppers]

5. That'd be sweet justice. nt

[wnylib]

6. Yessss!!!

Such good news

[Dopers_Greed]

7. I'll believe it when I see it

They were supposed to lose the Senate in 2016.

Additional Senate seats need to be added for the larger states.

[Perseus]

8. "The GOP is still the favorite to retain control of the U.S. Senate"...WHY???

Why are they favourites to keep the Senate? Are people that stupid they don't see the evil they keep with republicans holding the Senate? I really don't get it, maybe someone here understands why that is?

[pangaia]

14. " Are people that stupid"

Need you ask?

This is a question most of my European and Middle Eastern friends ask...


"Are there THAT many Americans who are THAT stupid ?? "

[kentuck]

11. I thought we were supposed to believe that impeachment was going to be good for them?

What happened?

[AtheistCrusader]

12. Just like when they pulled the 'nuclear option' earlier this year to end fillibusters in the Senate.

Save this quote for your archives, we'll be needing it.

“It is time for this sorry chapter to end. It’s time to return this body to a more normal and reasonable process for fulfilling its constitutional responsibilities no matter which party controls the White House,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

[warmfeet]

13. Good!

Let's keep on crushing them.

[meow2u3]

15. Good!

Repukes should have thought about the consequences before they hitched their wagons to a treasonous criminal!

[sarisataka]

16. I have to wonder about

An article where the first line and conclusion are in opposition to the gist of the headline. It is hard to say a group is being "crushed" when they are still predicted to win.