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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrumpheimer's Disease and Sgt. Shultz Syndrome will spread rapidly throughout the GOP
Trumpheimer's Disease-
Causes the victim to 'forget' that they supported Trump. The most obvious recent case is John Cornyn:
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/10/18/cornyn-defended-trump-for-siphoning-pentagon-budget-to-pay-for-border-wall-but-now-claims-he-was-against-it/
Cornyn defended Trump for siphoning Pentagon budget to pay for border wall, but now claims he was against it
WASHINGTON Sen. John Cornyn, trying to distance himself from President Donald Trump as Election Day looms, now says he opposed siphoning off billions from the Pentagon in order to build the border wall, a claim that directly contradicts multiple statements defending that budget maneuver.
In February, for instance, he argued that congressional Democrats had left Trump no choice by refusing to authorize wall funding.
I believe border security is part of national security. So I support the efforts to accomplish that secure border, Cornyn told reporters on Feb. 20, when asked about Trumps recent move to siphon another $3.8 billion from the Pentagons budget. The presidents left with a bad hand and has to play the best hand he can.
But Friday, 18 days before voters decide whether to give him a fourth term or replace him with Democrat MJ Hegar, Cornyn met with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board and insisted otherwise...
WASHINGTON Sen. John Cornyn, trying to distance himself from President Donald Trump as Election Day looms, now says he opposed siphoning off billions from the Pentagon in order to build the border wall, a claim that directly contradicts multiple statements defending that budget maneuver.
In February, for instance, he argued that congressional Democrats had left Trump no choice by refusing to authorize wall funding.
I believe border security is part of national security. So I support the efforts to accomplish that secure border, Cornyn told reporters on Feb. 20, when asked about Trumps recent move to siphon another $3.8 billion from the Pentagons budget. The presidents left with a bad hand and has to play the best hand he can.
But Friday, 18 days before voters decide whether to give him a fourth term or replace him with Democrat MJ Hegar, Cornyn met with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram editorial board and insisted otherwise...
Sergeant Schultz Syndrome- I'll leave that to the late John Banner:
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Trumpheimer's Disease and Sgt. Shultz Syndrome will spread rapidly throughout the GOP (Original Post)
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2020
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SharonClark
(10,014 posts)1. Agree. Does anyone admit voting for Nixon?
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)2. Nixon was a crook, but Trump makes him look like Marcus Aurelius...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,241 posts)3. I was just thinking the same thing.
After Nixon resigned in disgrace, it was really hard to find anyone who'd admit to having voted for him, even though he won the 1972 election 47,168,710 votes to McGovern's 29,173,222, and 520 to 17 EC votes. Those 47 million people just vanished into the woodwork except for my great aunt, who insisted to her dying day that Nixon had been framed.