Republicans have to let Donald Trump lose if they want victory

[Nevilledog]

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/511015-republicans-have-to-let-donald-trump-lose-if-they-want-victory

Watching Republicans walk off a proverbial cliff is stunning and stupefying at the same time. It is stunning because of their inability to appreciate the future ramifications of their current victories. It is also stupefying because of the national shifts that could transform the party for the worse. There is no real plan from Republicans in Congress, other than to distract from the scandals and dismiss the cries from inside their political house.

The lore of Donald Trump may be that of a survivor who broke every rule imaginable while avoiding removal. But to a majority of voters, he is an uninformed, unprepared, and unsteady leader in the midst of a historic crisis. Republicans in Congress are finally starting to say publicly what many have said privately to me for years. “He is a sinking ship that is going to take the whole crew down if we do nothing about it.”

Yet Republicans in Congress continue to do nothing about it. Symbolic gestures such as wearing masks despite erratic actions from the president or pushing back on his calls to delay an election that few people think he can win come by every so often. However, the courage and criticism that many expected in the wake of terrible numbers have failed to surface in any substantial fashion within the party.

Instead, after record unemployment, atrocious death totals, and the kind of behavior reserved for Saturday morning cartoon characters, Republicans have stunningly and stupefyingly decided to stick with the president in a decision that voters will not forgive or forget. Make no mistake, voters are angry. More than 160,000 families will be without a brother, a sister, a mother, a father, or a friend this Labor Day. As a result of the failed White House response to the coronavirus, an estimated 200,000 families will set one less plate out at Thanksgiving. This was an absolutely avoidable tragedy.

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[onecaliberal]

1. We won't be celebrating thanksgiving with family because the virus will be raging even worse.

NOTHING is being done to stop or even slow it. So no thanksgiving, no Christmas.

[Zoonart]

3. Which means even greater economic devastation as retail goes off the cliff

for good.

[smirkymonkey]

6. I have already been anticipating that.

And my parents are getting quite old. They are in good health right now, but there is no telling what might happen with this virus. I will be furious if I never get to see them - or any other family member again - due to the spectacular mismanagement of this pandemic.

[dchill]

2. Republicans would rather lose democracy than power.

Besides, they have already surrendered their freedom to Putin.

[dalton99a]

4. They got their judges, their tax heist and their COVID windfall

with more to come

Republicans don't care what happens to America or Americans.

[intheozone]

5. Republicans in Congress have no choice,

Donald probably knows how much Russian money they have taken for their campaigns over the last who knows how many years. Can't have that information leak to the public, so they have to play along with Putin and his puppet! At least that is my firm opinion.