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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre there any Senators who might be so mortified at what trump and the republicans are doing
that they would cross over and convert to Dems?
This has happened before....it would be a way to get the majority without winning it....
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)LisaM
(27,813 posts)I really wish she would go Independent.
www.cnn.com/2016/08/09/politics/sen-susan-collins-explains-opposition-to-donald-trump-says-he-will-make-the-world-more-dangerous
rwheeler31
(6,242 posts)he was no Trump fan. but now that they have all the power I doubt any switches. I am afraid some of our house members may go republican if they get frustrated enough.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Perhaps Flake declaring as an anti-Trump independent might not be all that far-fetched. If a group of three GOP Senators unwilling to abide by Trump's radical agenda, including Collins (Murkowski perhaps?) switched, it would be a whole new ball game.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)we could flip the Senate?
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)I don't think we would see any actual defections.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Depending on a given issue? Perhaps that would define a true independent.