Time for the GOP to abandon ship: Trump "has lost the moral authority to lead."

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Fair to say that most sane folks would say it is PAST time!




Time for the GOP to abandon ship

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/348405-time-for-republicans-to-abandon-ship


By Michael Starr Hopkins, opinion contributor - 08/29/17 12:00 PM EDT


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Less than a year into Trump’s presidency, the political fractures made publicly evident during the Republican primaries have evolved into a full-on, intra-party compound fracture. As the dog days of summer end, an inevitable fall may be on the horizon.

Republicans may have finally reached a tipping point in the political reality show that has simultaneously exposed their craven nature as well as their inability to plan beyond the current news cycle. The meteoric crash of Donald Trump was never a question of “if,” but rather a question of “when.”

The Republican Party certainly had opportunities during the primary and general election to vanquish their demon. The list of abhorrent comments by Trump could fill the servers we hear about all too often. Instead of purging Trump and his supporters from the party like a responsible body politic should, they allowed him to fester. Like the cowardly lion, Republicans have been on a long journey in search of their courage.

Republicans excused Trump’s embrace of their own dark passenger as mere populism wrapped in language “real America” could understand. The rest of us understood it as the type of sanitized bigotry that often goes unchallenged around kitchen tables and at local watering holes all across the country..........................



Now is not the time for Republicans to dig in and circle the wagon around a politically poisonous presidency. Now is the time for Republicans to abandon ship and admit that they gambled with the legitimacy of this political experiment. .................................................

What is clear, however, is that whatever is going to happen, must happen soon. The Trump presidency is increasingly coming off the rails and threatening the very viability of our democracy. This president has lost the moral authority to lead. It is now well beyond any shadow of a doubt that it is time for this president to either resign or be impeached. The choice lies with the Republican Party.

[Wounded Bear]

1. How can Trump 'lose' something he never had...

Blame people who followed him blindly, and willingly supported him in spite of his obvious shortcomings.

Trump was never qualified, either in ability or temperament, to take on the most difficult job in the world.

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2. The GOP Knew What Trump Has Always Been -- They Just Didn't Care

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3. Lol

Lost the moral authority? The GOP has no moral authority, they like the authority part minus morals. Trump is unfit and unqualified. No morals, ethics or principles whatsoever.

[tymorial]

4. They aren't going to do it. I wish that wasn't the case

All of these press releases,.public condemnation and Twitter posts amount to nothing. They have the political authority to act and yet they do nothing. They are owned by special interest and a base that enjoys watching Rome burn. They think that their base will save them come 2018 because Democrat voters are underrepresented in midterms. I believe they are grossly underestimating just how much the average citizen hates the direction of this country.

It is possible that many elected Republicans truly hate Trump but I don't believe they have the will or guts to do anything about it. If we had term limits the situation would be different but these are career politicians. They need us for vote but they don't work for us.

Hell I could be wrong I was convinced Hillary was going to win