The Republican Party has made a decision about Trump.

[kentuck]

One can see it in the comments of prominent Senators, in the last few days. Thune and Rounds from the Dakotas have spoken up. Rounds was very outspoken about it. It felt like a change in the air for Republicans.

McConnell appears to have run out of patience with Trump? Perhaps he got tired of being called names through Trump's public humiliation comments? It has been a year since the hideous act of January 6th, perhaps it is time to put it all behind us, and move on as a Party, McConnell seems to be saying?

Still, it does seem, from some perspective, that the Trump/McConnell/Republican Party coalition are going thru a change. There may be a divorce?

[RANDYWILDMAN]

1. I don't see it, if he is standing and talking he is the nominee or they burn it all down

Which also would be fun to see

[grumpyduck]

2. I think it's two things...

One, they're realizing that he served his purpose but is no longer useful to them. I still believe most of them thought he was just a useful idiot.

Two, they're looking at how people (voters) are perceiving him and want to distance themselves.

IOW, it's time to throw the village idiot under the bus.

[kentuck]

5. Also, I think the VA Governors race taught them a lesson.

They do much better when they disconnect from Trump. Of course, every state is not like VA.

But, they also understood that Republicans all across the country did much better than Trump in almost every race. They see him as a drag on their Party, although he does bring a special kind of clientele to the Party. The violent, white supremacists, ex-military, militia-type people that intimidate and threaten and extort other Republicans into submission.

[jcgoldie]

3. This post could have been written in...

2017...
2018...
2019...
2020...
2021...

McConnell and the GOP establishment have appeared ready to dump the fool perpetually, yet with each passing scandal they are tied to him tighter by the necks because he controls the deplorables on whom their livelihood depends.. They spent 40 years dog-whistling racism only to have an idiot with the psyche of a 6 year old steal their racist hordes from them.

[monkeyman1]

9. hell ,rnc still paying attorney's for N.Y. scam shit & is not political crap ! wtf ?

[C Moon]

11. Yep. I remember McConnell dumping trump constantly. At one point they were nose to nose on something

[albacore]

4. Chinless Mitch can do/say what he wants, but the Party is still controlled by the trumpers...

They put together a Frankenstein monster, and now they think they can pretend they didn't. The base is still there in that Party, and they will primary anybody who speaks up.

[kentuck]

6. You may be right.

I think Mitch and his Senate leadership decided to let it dissipate for about a year, then they could move on, as they believed most of their voters would have moved on by then.

We will watch to see if more Republicans jump off the bandwagon in the next few weeks?

[NanceGreggs]

7. Totally agree.

Trump is increasingly unhinged, to the point where no one is even bothering to make excuses or try to explain it away.

Even his staunchest supporters are tired of the non-stop 'rigged election' rants.

Between the Jan/6 committee hearings, and the happenings in Georgia and New York, Trump is about to "go through some things" - and none of it good.

It took long enough, but the Republicans have finally figured out that he's an anchor around their political necks.

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. I think the GOP will let the committee do the heavy lifting

As well as the various prosecutors around the country.

Once a criminal referral or indictment is made, I think some will move to cut ties, but others will cling to TFG to the bitter end.

[JT45242]

10. Until the threat of the RNC hack is brought up again

Putin still calls all the meaningful shots as long as he has the RNC hack to hold over their heads.

They will fall back in line when Vladimir reminds Moscow Mitch and Leningrad Lindsay to get the party in line or every email with the n-word, every dirty money scheme, every abortion for a mistress goes to the internet.

Then only the Q wingnuts will remain. He will be sure the old Rethugs will scurry away like rats and the power vacuum and chaos will delight him. And the ones that don't scurry like rats may want Geiger counters for everything they drink.

[NNadir]

12. Don't give them any credit for a remote sense of decency. They hate this country and its...

...citizens and its constitution.

The only people Republicans care about is white, male bigots, which is not to characterize all white males as such (I am one), but those they care about among white males are bigots and thugs.

[radius777]

13. Mitch had the perfect opportunity in the 2nd impeachment

to get rid of Trump forever. Mitch's only concern is power and he chickened out, fearing loss of Trump's base. The GOP needs the cult to turn out and vote if the one percent is to get their tax cuts. It all has a certain logic and Mitch/GOP will sometimes push back but ultimately they go along to get what they want (judges, tax cuts, etc).

[madamesilverspurs]

14. Who would get custody of Putin?

Given that both McConnell and Trump have Russian entanglements, an attempted separation might prove rather messy. In their world of tangled webs, this could be the tangledest.


.

[KS Toronado]

17. Guantanamo, hopefully

[alwaysinasnit]

15. My theory is that TFG is more of a liability going forward, and so if the Dems can neutralize him

through the 1/6 Committee, then Moscow Mitch and the other Republicons won't be blamed for TFG's fall, and they can continue to exploit their base.

[Stuart G]

16. Thank You for posting...K and R. Once Trump is indicted, it will be partly over, then convicted, ..

all over for good. A convicted president ain't no good to nobody. nOT EVEN.. the Republican Party...Who is very close to

....NOBODY...

The Attorney General of New York State, Letitia James , say that her job is getting Trump. And she will get him. I read
that she had a chance to run for governor, but she said something like, "My job is to get Donald Trump and I will do
just that instead of running for another office."

[Diablo del sol]

18. FFS - how many times do we need to get kicked in the balls?

And now since the vaccine causes organs to crystallize, the next kick will be shattering.

Rather than expecting Repubs to do the right thing, expect the opposite. If you do that, you will be correct 99 percent of the time.

Republicans ate gutless, they are so immoral, they are unpatriotic. Mitch ain’t going to do JACK FUCKING SHIT until he is forced. After that he will be back to screwing people over.

[jcgoldie]

20. ...

[Diablo del sol]

23. That was my first thought.

And right on queue, McCarthy comes out and lies to protect trump and Repukes.

Unbelievable that anyone trusts any Republican.

[GoodRaisin]

19. Think it's just a couple of Senators tired of the liar. Trump still has the Party leverage from

the magats. Rounds, I guess, is set through 2026 so he’s finished using Trump. Thune, I don’t know. Maybe he thinks he won’t need Trump to win reelection.

I don’t know why Mitch would care if Trump calls him names. Mitch is pissed at Trump about losing Georgia’s Senate seats causing him to lose the majority. All McConnell cares about is power, his power, in the Senate.

Trump is making a fool of everyone in the party and perhaps these two senators just thought it was time for them to get out from under that public humiliation.

[Johnny2X2X]

21. Not even close

Trump is in complete control of that party, just because a hand full of Republicans challenge him on a couple issues doesn't change that. McConnell, Thune, and Rounds would all joyfully endorse him for 2024.

[spanone]

22. Kabuki theater. They all come back to tfg.