Rick Wilson lights Trump and the GOP on fire in this opinion piece:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

"King Donald to GOP: And Now—and Forever—You Shall Be My Servants"

...Something big and dark was moving under the surface of events today. Donald Trump may be utterly ignorant of history, but he has the unerring instincts of a sociopathic authoritarian for the seizure of power, the destruction of institutions around him, and complete confidence that the weak men around him will cheer every outrage and excess. Trump is a man who will revel in the shock and terror of his allies when he turns on them, feeding on their misery.

They sat mute as Donald Trump attacked the religious faith one of their own. They sat staring down at their feet. Why not? So much for his devotion to religious liberty, as he claimed earlier in the day. Trump knows that the evangelical movement is as much a whore to him as any of his previous purchased dalliances. When you’re delivering judges, you can grab them by the pussy, clearly.

Remember all the Republican senators this week who were saying they were not going to vote to convict because they thought Trump had learned his lesson? That he would move forward a chastened man?

Yes, Susan Collins, I’m looking straight at you. Many of the senators who said Trump had done something wrong but not something impeachable sat in a room today and clapped like trained seals being tossed chum at the Douchebag Seaquarium. Trump rubbed his guilt in their faces, having learned exactly the opposite lesson that they imagine....

https://www.thedailybeast.com/king-donald-to-gop-and-now-and-forever-you-shall-be-my-servants?ref=home

[guillaumeb]

1. Recommended. This is brutally accurate.

They are all cowards, excusing their cowardice for a variety of reasons.

[bronxiteforever]

2. Kick and recommend. Brilliant.

[cilla4progress]

3. He is so right on

My recent OP here:

drumpf's superpower is he knows how to play to the worst in people.

then he seduces them into his game to innoculate their conscience.

they won't allow themselves to wake up because they would then see they have no soul

[lark]

4. Wow, he put into words the burning bile that's been in my throat.

Excellent wordsmithing there and so fucking needed.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. K & R

[GoCubsGo]

6. "...clapped like trained seals being tossed chum at the Douchebag Seaquarium."

That deserves its own rec.

[CaptYossarian]

25. Pure gold.

And this from a Republican. That has to hurt Donald in some way. Look what Mitt did to him.

[Brother Buzz]

7. LOL, Douchebag Seaquarium? TheFerret, please pick up the nearest white courtesy telephone

[pandr32]

8. [phone]

I can't recommend this enough!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. The Evangelicals & Dominionists form The Whore of Babylon. . . . nt

[Paladin]

10. Rick Wilson is way too talented to be a Republican. (nt)

[CaptYossarian]

27. He was the one who passed his English classes.

Remember those Teabagger signs? The ones who want English as our official language?

[Paladin]

37. I remember when we had a president who actually spoke English.

Seems like a long time ago.

[CaptYossarian]

46. He's fluent in Covfefe. Can you say that?

Yeah, me neither.

[bdamomma]

11. K&R

nt

[cilla4progress]

12. Damn

paywall

[NewJeffCT]

13. sadly

it seems to be behind a subscriber's paywall after the first paragraph

[State the Obvious]

14. I sense another book in the works....

Profiles in Cowardice

[VOX]

15. Excellent piece. This is the kind of fire that's needed to take down 45.

No one torpedoes 45 like Rick Wilson. Yeah, he’s a Republican, which means nothing right now— not with a free-range Trump on the loose.

[denem]

47. 'a free-range Trump on the loose'

in desperate need of a cage, and jumpsuit to match his complexion.

[CatMor]

16. The Republican party have all become trump eunuchs..

instead of guarding the harem they guard trump and his family. He has done a good job castrating the party.

[2naSalit]

17. K&R!!!

[SunSeeker]

18. K & R

[SergeStorms]

19. Can't argue with a single word of that.

Trump has abused his power to an extent never before imagined in the history of our great country. Republicans act like this is normal, and acceptable. There will be a day of reckoning, and they will all be known, and will pay for their sins.

[DallasNE]

20. Wrong On One Count

Not a single Republican Senator "thought Trump had learned his lesson". That focus group tested message scored the highest in spite of not being believable so, without an alterative, they moved forward with that line. Revenge is in full swing, as we all knew it would be, so these fickle Senators should be prepared for the backlash. Apparently they thought it would be the lesser of two evils.

[lunatica]

38. It's a dead giveaway that it's a focus group because

all the Republicans across the board repeat it in the same blitzed round of talk shows. When they all do it, which is a Republican habit, you know it’s as fake as their thoughts and prayers mantra.

They’ve been doing it for decades, nonstop. In the social media days I always wondered how they received their talking points. Fax? Courier? And who chose the talking points?

[wnylib]

39. Thank you for pointing this out.

I never believed for a moment that any of them really thoyght he had learned a lesson. Trump never feels chastised, only sggrieved.

[not fooled]

43. ++++++++++++

And, just think of the "behind the scenes" crap they have heard about how red don comports himself. What gets leaked or made public is bad enough, but there must be even worse that they've managed to keep a lid on.

They know he's deranged and unfit, and would not only fail to learn anything but also rabidly seek revenge.

[Hekate]

21. Looks like a great article, tho so far it doesn't want to load for me. Will keep trying.

[Perseus]

28. Can't read it unless you are a member. You have to click on a "member's only" link to read the

entirety of the article.

[Hekate]

34. Thanks! Usually the NYT and the WaPo tell you that.

[lunatica]

40. It came up in a pop up window

[scheming daemons]

22. The Democratic candidate that hires Rick Wilson soon will win the whole thing

He's a political assassin.

Yes... he spent most of his life on the other side..... but we need someone like him.

[CaptYossarian]

29. Add Nicolle Wallace and Steve Schmidt to that.

And maybe PJ O'Rourke.

All brilliant and outrageously funny at times.

[scheming daemons]

30. Nichole can't be hired. She'd have to quit MSNBC.

[CaptYossarian]

45. Good point.

[spanone]

23. The Douchebag Seaquarium

Amen, Rick.

[paleotn]

24. They're doomed and they know it.

Lindsey Graham said so himself. Then again, maybe they think the racist shithead base will save them. They're fooling themselves if they do.

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

42. We need to make his words come true.

[calimary]

64. Yes we do!

[tiredtoo]

26. Rick Wilson

Is a member of a group put together to defeat trump in the next election. I believe they are all republicans who are responsible for many attack ads on Democratic candidates in the past. Can't remember the name of the group but a google search would likely find it.

[CaptYossarian]

32. The Lincoln Project.

When Lincoln was president, the newly formed Republican Party was the liberal one.

[Hekate]

35. The Lincoln Project. I donated.

[Warpy]

36. All true. The enemy of my enemy is my friend

until our enemy is utterly defeated.

Neocons were better than outright fascists. Who knew?

[not fooled]

44. Yeah, but how sad

talk about the lesser of two evils.

[Pepsidog]

31. Beautiful and want to read more.

[Grasswire2]

49. It will be available to all soon.

They drop the paywall after a certain period of time.

[Pepsidog]

52. Thanks

[robbob]

54. Hope so!

Bookmarking to try later...

[marieo1]

33. Infected

Thank you, Rick Wilson. I have been a Democrat all my life but have had friends and family that were republicans. I didn't agree with their viewpoint but respected their views. I don't know the Republican party today. DJT has become republican party's leader and it isn't the same republican party!! It has become a party of mean, hateful people and DJT is their leader. It took a lot of courage for Mitt Romney to stand up to him. Romney and others like him will bring the republican party back to the respectful party it once was. I am democrat and will always be, but Rep's has been infected with something and someone EVIL.

[Botany]

41. The Douchebag Seaquarium

If I had uncle for every time I have said the Douchebag Seaquarium I would have 10 cents.

[Grasswire2]

48. Rick Wilson is getting ugly, awful threats recently.

He posts many of them on twitter for us all to see.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

56. For those of us not on twitter, Grasswire,

are you talking about nasty comments or something more sinister, like death threats ?

[Grasswire2]

58. sinister

threats against his family, too.

He doesn't publish them, but he calls them out sometimes by user name.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

65. This "threatening" people AND their families is out of control.

There should be a statute passed that prohibits such things. The stress of this on any family, especially children, should be make illegal.

[vlyons]

51. Evangelicals as Trump whores

So brilliant

[onetexan]

53. K&R

[yortsed snacilbuper]

55. kick

[Skittles]

57. he.....really has a way with words

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yes INDEED

[ecstatic]

60. I know. I love to see his appearances.

Sooooo funny!

[Nitram]

59. yup

[Cha]

61. KR!!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

62. I wish I could vent like that...

But if I said what I really feel...not that eloquent, yeah that’s how to explain it.

[Laelth]

63. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth