Republicans finally realize Trump will drag them under.
'It sure took them long enough. For months, it has been clear that the Senate majority is slipping from Republicans control, but they appeared to be in denial that an unpopular president who failed to address a pandemic and presided over an economy akin to the Great Depression might ruin their reelection chances. Who knew?
But now, Republicans are becoming alarmed at their chances in November. The Post reports: Democrats have benefited from two key developments, said Jessica Taylor, Senate editor for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report: the emergence of Biden, not Bernie Sanders, as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and emerging evidence that the public does not believe Trump is managing the pandemic effectively. They might discover a third: Republicans blindly follow President Trump even when he makes no political or policy sense.
Republicans continue to repeat the error that contributed more to their 2018 losses than any other. Democrats also plan to attack GOP senators for their opposition to the increasingly popular Affordable Care Act, with 2020 marking the first Senate elections where Democrats can target a large swath of Republicans for votes early in the Trump presidency to repeal the health law. Hey, why not stop cheering for its repeal in the middle of the pandemic? That would be smart policy at a time people are losing employment (and health coverage) and face a national health emergency. Really, this is not rocket science.'>>>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/11/republicans-finally-realize-trump-will-drag-them-under/?
idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)Thoughts and prayers
GriffenRamsey
(181 posts)Send the Butcher of Mar-a-lago to Florida for good.
Send Mitch McConnell back under his rock.
Blue Owl
(50,486 posts)An out-of-control pandemic is a real game-changer, as any scientist/critical thinker would know...
OnDoutside
(19,968 posts)about what the Republicans are up to. If it were to be struck down the republicans could say We are where we are, and the tables could be turned.
mitch96
(13,924 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,032 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,418 posts)even when doing so is not in their own interest.
Grievance politics and racism means "owning the libs"....a battle many have been fighting out of ignorance for generations.