Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Trump’s erratic handling of the coronavirus outbreak, the worsening economy and a cascade of ominous public and private polling have Republicans increasingly nervous that they are at risk of losing the presidency and the Senate if Mr. Trump does not put the nation on a radically improved course.

The scale of the G.O.P.’s challenge has crystallized in the last week. With 26 million Americans now having filed for unemployment benefits, Mr. Trump’s standing in states that he carried in 2016 looks increasingly wobbly: New surveys show him trailing significantly in battleground states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, and he is even narrowly behind in must-win Florida.

Perhaps most significantly, Mr. Trump’s single best advantage as an incumbent — his access to the bully pulpit — has effectively become a platform for self-sabotage.

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[wryter2000]

1. "Radically improved course"

At this point, no one could pull that off before November.

[Faux pas]

2. Kickin' with gusto!

And gigantic shout out to the universe to help make it so.

[dem4decades]

3. Let the Blue States keep their money and we'll see how the red states fare.

Sick of those two Republican Senators from each red state sucking at the teat and being ungrateful.

[Iliyah]

4. And that is all they care about . . .

staying in power - senate.

[Brainfodder]

5. He has any actual support at all brings me to this simple conclusion:

The hate and willful ignorance in this country is 10x worse than I thought?

The distrust sown for Democrats by Republicans is the overblown insanity if anything is?

The Republicans to Democrats just looks like insanely selfish jackasses?

[Grins]

6. Proving Mistah Lindsey correct

“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed...and we will deserve it.” - Lindsey Graham, May 2016.

[BComplex]

7. We can only hope that republicans are swept completely out of government at all levels.

This is my wish.

[pandr32]

8. Good

[Blue Owl]

9. Burn in hell motherfuckers

n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Fuck 'em

Trump was fine and dandy when they were participating in the "grab and dash". Now that they're likely to be held accountable they're all scared.