2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe GOP wants what Donald Trump wants.
Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell haven't been commenting on the election because people would say, "Hey! Isn't that what Trump wants, too?"
Now, as Trump tries to rehash every attack and false charge aginst Hillary going 30 years back, people are beginning to see that bullshit for what it is.
Trump is GOP everclear. Distilled to it's 200 proof toxicity.
Foggyhill
(1,060 posts)LakeVermilion
(1,042 posts)mercuryblues
(14,532 posts)to support every single thing the GOP wants so they will stand back. Their thinking is, if he wins, we win, He will sign every law we pass. If trump loses he has smeared her to the point that they believe they will be able to plow over Clinton when she is in office. Trump is there to rally the teabaggers into revolt. The same as they did to Obama.
The gNop only knows how to burn things down at this point. Their statesmen have been voted out in favor of teabagger quality governing.