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Ferrets are Cool

(21,104 posts)
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:44 PM Jan 2021

This shitshow backfired big time on the cult

I'm sure it's been said here already, but I can't find a thread.

Everything that went down this afternoon backfired badly. Many congress members have pulled their objections, there are now major corporations discussing the 25th, and IF Pence had any affinity towards OrangeAnus before today, it flew out a window today. Also, for the first time, I have heard the MSM actually say negative things about the pOTUS and invoking the word "sedition". WOW!!

So much winning.

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FarPoint

(12,293 posts)
2. I sure believe it has backfired...
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:46 PM
Jan 2021

tRumpers try and equalize this with the Black Lives Matter Protesting/looting...no difference to them....Ya, they don't get it!

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
3. And I think there should be a few "careers" ended for Pence, Cruz, Howley, etc.
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:47 PM
Jan 2021

They will forever be linked to this disastrous day and there wouldn't be a national future for them.

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
13. I said national specifically cause they might still be loved by the Trump cult followers.
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:52 PM
Jan 2021

So they might still have pulls in the GoP. But once they are in the national debate, their opponent mentions their links to today and that immediately turns off a lot of moderates/independents.

llmart

(15,534 posts)
9. Princess Sparklepony can kiss her chances of being the first female president goodbye.
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:49 PM
Jan 2021

and her scummy brothers too!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. This is the silver lining!
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 11:10 PM
Jan 2021

I think the name "Trump" will be poison in politics forever. The establishment will never allow them to gain power ever again. They are done. The brand is done. The only places they will be accepted are places that they would not be caught dead in.

llmart

(15,534 posts)
17. Yep.
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 11:26 PM
Jan 2021

Their name on anything will be dirt. However, it's not enough for me that they are tainted forever. I want them charged with all the fraud/money laundering/theft, etc. they've pulled and thrown in prison. I hope I live long enough to see that.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
5. the dog and pony show to the rabid base went sideways...
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:48 PM
Jan 2021

I think the "populist uprising" was supposed to be part of that but the idiots didn't understand what they were playing with and they got burned. Now it is CYA time.

servermsh

(913 posts)
8. Yep! And we should strategically use this in our political favor!
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:49 PM
Jan 2021

Imagine if the Congress was overrun by African Americans and white hippies The GOP would use that event for decades.

localroger

(3,622 posts)
10. Yeah, personally threaten the physical safety of legislators, including your own
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:50 PM
Jan 2021

...not a good look from any angle. A lot of people who have been looking the other way or providing cover are going to be done up now. I wouldn't be surprised if they are trying to have a nixon conversation moment with Trump as I type this. But Trump is a lot stupider than Nixon, so who knows what will happen.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. Perigee followed apogee quickly, didn't it?
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:50 PM
Jan 2021

There has been a very gratifying loosening of tongues since the Senators and the Representatives came back from shelter. There has been a frankness and a plainness of speaking that has been missing for over four years.

localroger

(3,622 posts)
12. A highly elliptical orbit now
Wed Jan 6, 2021, 10:51 PM
Jan 2021

...possibly burning up on re-entry at perigee. Or at least decaying significantly so as to collapse within a few more days.

localroger

(3,622 posts)
19. I think ejecting it into interstellar space would require another body
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 12:07 AM
Jan 2021

Probably planet Biden or Merrick

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