Will Republicans in future races pay a price for their association with Donald Trump?

[kentuck]

If Trump is not on the ballot, how well will they do?

My hunch is that we may get a preview with the run-off in Georgia in January.

Donald Trump brought out the worst in America. The racists, the white nationalists, the bullies, the misogynists, the xenophobic haters. There was nothing good about them. They can't admit it, but we can. They were anti-American. They were anti-democracy. They were anti-humanity.

With Trump not on the ballot, these people will have nothing to vote for. Some may hang with the Republican Party but most of them will drop out, in my opinion.

The Democrats will never forget what they have done to our country. We have seen their true nature.

[Native]

1. I think this race just answered that for you.

[RobertDevereaux]

2. My fingers are crossed and my bank account is open...

For the two Georgia Senatorial runoffs!

[BlueTsunami2018]

3. I don't see any reason to believe so.

Otherwise this would have been the landslide in all phases we expected.

I see them all adopting his fascist ways. They’re going to get worse. That’s what Republicans expect and want.

[kentuck]

5. There is no one presently in the Republican Party that can sell fascism like Trump.

Fortunately.

[BlueTsunami2018]

6. True but he's not going away.

Unless he really does go to prison for his crimes, which is unlikely, he’s going to be on the sidelines pushing the whole party that way. His base is huge and rabid and they will vote for who he wants them to. The Republicans are terrified of that base.

He really needs to be gone, like gone for good.

[kentuck]

8. The problem is that Trump is incapable of endorsing anyone but Trump.

If he is not on the ballot, he could care less. Just like in 2018.

[BlueTsunami2018]

15. Good point.

It’s probably good that he’s not that smart and extremely selfish. I’d approach it by telling people to vote for the people I want in the midterms so when I become president again in ‘25, there’s a Congress ready to do what I want immediately. Keep the whackos engaged.

Maybe I shouldn’t be giving them any ideas.

[ooky]

20. I expect him to start fading fairly quickly once his supporters realize he can't lie and bully his

way to a second term. Give it a few months into the new Biden Administration. In the meantime Trump will be consumed with dodging prosecutions and lawsuits. He may be planning to run from it all.

I know this is a different perspective than the MSM is pushing about 2024 runs and Trump TV and the likes, but I think that narrative ignores all the legal trouble he is about to become engulfed in. He may very well announce a 2024 run but just as a way of scamming more money from his base as long as he can.

[panader0]

4. Damn straight!

Every asshole repub should be ridiculed endlessly for their support of trump.
The indictments will show how crooked he was. Hell, the indictments may drag a few
of those trump/Russia suckers down too.

[abqtommy]

7. Forget the future at this time. tRUMP, reTHUGS and cultists must pay the price NOW for

their criminal acts and treason. Otherwise we deserve whatever we get from them.

[kentuck]

10. That is why the election in January is so important.

McConnell and the panicked Republicans are attempting to coax Trump into supporting the Republicans in the run-offs.

[mikeysnot]

9. Let's make sure we do and hang this flaming

turd tire of trump around everyone of his enablers. Use this in GA for the runnoffs.

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[42bambi]

11. In all honesty ... I don't know. Just as I would never in my wildest dreams have thought

that so many people would have voted for Trump. Trump has certainly opened a can of worms and for those like minded people who still support him as a Republican, I will NEVER understand! Hopefully, most will not vote again unless they have another Trump on the ticket.

[Iliyah]

12. History will not be kind to them . ....

[Turin_C3PO]

13. I believe so.

Many Trump voters weren't political before Trump showed up. I would think that with Trump out of the picture that Dems would benefit down ballot. As you say, we'll see in January in Georgia.

[mnmoderatedem]

14. depends

on whether criminal charges are brought against Hair Furher, and he is convicted.

Even then, they will play the "if I had known that, I never would have supported him" card.

[mtnsnake]

16. "The Democrats will never forget what they have done to our country"

With a couple word changes, your sentence I quoted up above would make an excellent battle cry for Democrats in future elections. "Never forget what Trump and the Republicans did to our country."

[Statistical]

17. No. The fact that they only lost 2 to 4 Senate Seats and gained 10+ house seats proves that.

Republicans were successful in convincing the voters they are not Trump.

Now with Trump not on the ticket will that hurt overall Republican turnout? That is a bit different question and I think that could happen.

[kentuck]

19. The voters did not come out specifically for the Republicans. They came out for Trump.

They would not have gotten 72 million votes without Trump on the ballot. The Democrats would probably have gotten the landslide they had expected if Trump had not carried the Republicans across the line. He was a very effective demagogue.

[Laxman]

18. Only If We Make Them.....

it's up to us to make sure they do and that their treachery is never lost to the memory hole.

[ooky]

21. I think we already had a preview from the number of voters voting split tickets, so,

not so much. They vote R because of "guns" and "socialism" and other RW wedge issues. And they'll pretty much vote for anything that lives and breaths - look at who Alabama voted for as their Senator, who is just a tick above "house plant".