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Showing Original Post only (View all)GOP Lawmakers Said That They Were Forced To Go Along With Donald Trump's Ways Or Face Retirement [View all]
https://politicaltribune.org/gop-lawmakers-said-that-they-were-forced-to-go-along-with-donald-trumps-ways-or-face-retirement/After a rather telling interview with the New York Times, it was revealed that both past and present Republican lawmakers are and have been so deeply under the thumb of Donald Trump that they have virtually no choice but to go along with whatever hair-brained, manic, and unhinged policy Trump has laid on the table that day or face his ire and consider an early retirement.
Per the Times report, Just under four years after he began his takeover of a party to which he had little connection, Mr. Trump enters 2020 burdened with the ignominy of being the first sitting president to seek re-election after being impeached, continuing, But he does so wearing a political coat of armor built on total loyalty from G.O.P. activists and their representatives in Congress. If he does not enjoy the broad admiration Republicans afforded Ronald Reagan, he is more feared by his partys lawmakers than any occupant of the Oval Office since at least Lyndon Johnson.
One former GOP lawmaker admitted that he was personally faced with the quandary of bucking Donald Trump back in 2017 and knew full well the consequences he would face if he decided to do so.
By the summer of 2017, Dave Trott, a two-term Republican congressman, was worried enough about President Trumps erratic behavior and his flailing attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act that he criticized the president in a closed-door meeting with fellow G.O.P. lawmakers, the report reads. The response was instantaneous but had nothing to do with the substance of Mr. Trotts concerns. Dave, you need to know somebody has already told the White House what you said, he recalled a colleague telling him. Be ready for a barrage of tweets.'
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So retirement is worse than selling your soul? Noted.
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GOP Lawmakers Said That They Were Forced To Go Along With Donald Trump's Ways Or Face Retirement [View all]
Nevilledog
Aug 2020
OP
The typical Congressional Republican is genetically engineered to accept and vote on whatever a
OAITW r.2.0
Aug 2020
#33
I wonder just how many actually agree with him. That is even more frightening.
olegramps
Aug 2020
#61
How right you are Aristus! Bullies hate getting a taste of their own medicine!
Illumination
Aug 2020
#75
Bottom line is that GOP lawmakers HAVE NOT DONE THEIR JOBS! Our country & Americans
Illumination
Aug 2020
#83
Paul Ryan telling other (r)epuglicons: What's said in the family stays in the family
erronis
Aug 2020
#86
frump took advantage of their cowardice and guilt. They propped him up willingly.
lindysalsagal
Aug 2020
#15
We don't need invertebrate lawmakers. Spinelessness is no justification for complicity.
highplainsdem
Aug 2020
#20
Can Somebody That Is A Complete Idiot And Said To Have Dementia Take Over A Party.....
global1
Aug 2020
#25
trump is a senile idiot who also happens to be a Russian asset and longtime mobster,
crickets
Aug 2020
#51
That's not a reason for term limits. None of the Republicans who wanted to win in a red area
JI7
Aug 2020
#114
Whenever/however Trump is gone, there will be many GOP retroactive epiphanies.
keithbvadu2
Aug 2020
#38
But I thought they HATED the government and wanted to drowned it in the bathtub????
Peregrine Took
Aug 2020
#44
Gutless cowards, and traitors to the oaths they took to "preserve and protect the
niyad
Aug 2020
#50
A reminder of that Impeached status should be in every ad against him thru Nov. 3rd?
Brainfodder
Aug 2020
#52
Bullshit. They're all in. Onboard for the entire ride. E-fuckin' ticket, that ship sailed.
Magoo48
Aug 2020
#53
Bullshit. You dont HAVE to retire. You may lose a primary, but stand up for yourself
oldsoftie
Aug 2020
#55
They are not victims of trump. They are craven opportunists. Collaborators.
Duncan Grant
Aug 2020
#56
Wait. Let me get my smallest violin in the world to play the saddest song....
lindysalsagal
Aug 2020
#73
Gosh, GOP, you certainly don't sound like Soviet apparatchiks at all! No, siree. Nyet. Not at all.
Beartracks
Aug 2020
#76
This is no surprise. A lot of people have suspected this for quite while. n/t
totodeinhere
Aug 2020
#78
Senate Republicans had the opportunity to get rid of Trump and their supposed fear of him.
Lonestarblue
Aug 2020
#79
Gotta keep them paychecks coming, the $600/wk supliment wouldn't equal $150,000/yr!
marble falls
Aug 2020
#82
These fucks have enough money and connections to retire comfortably. They are too greedy to retire
DSandra
Aug 2020
#87
I suspect that the main reason they did not buck him was they wanted to get as many of their people
cstanleytech
Aug 2020
#90
He may have dirt and be blackmailing some of them. They are all guilty of abetting a mass murderer.
Liberty Belle
Aug 2020
#95
Then, they are fucking useless. Get rid of them and send people with a backbone to Washington DC. n
Blue_true
Aug 2020
#108
This is a subject our Democratic candidates should EXCORIATE their opponents with!
bucolic_frolic
Aug 2020
#121