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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTop Republican leaders admit, when it comes to Trump, they have no principles whatsoever
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Top Republican leaders admit, when it comes to Trump, they have no principles whatsoever (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2017
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We all knew that already. Trump will eventually hurt the GOP and they will probably
Solly Mack
Feb 2017
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tblue37
(65,502 posts)1. kpete, you have duplicate paragraphs in this post. nt
salin
(48,955 posts)2. Hard to see how this could possibly work for them in the long-term.
The washing off of the stench of 'party of country' will take a hell of a lot of scrubbing, possibly a party name change, or perhaps a party collapse. Short term they will try to get through any and everything they can as they waiver from extreme confidence/arrogance (while ignoring that deep dread inside) to slightly alarmed at the lack of public support/adoration in the wake of their significant election wins. Long term... they are making history - and not in a good way.
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vlyons
(10,252 posts)4. I've said repeatedly
that as long as Traitor Trump signs their bills, they will keep him
Solly Mack
(90,792 posts)5. We all knew that already. Trump will eventually hurt the GOP and they will probably
deny they ever said this.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)6. They don't realize that each day they are like the fish...
that rots from the head first.