Republicans privately say they wish Trump would shut up and stop trying to be a martyr

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig revealed that Republicans are trying as best they can to hold onto elections that were once thought to be a walk in the park.

"What I hear privately from Republicans is they wish Donald Trump would be quiet," Leonnig said in a discussion with MSNBC. "People who are running for office -- that this may be popular for him playing the martyr violin. You know, 'They came for me, and next they'll come for you. We have to stop them.' It's kind of impossible for Republicans on the campaign trail to really make a lot of hay out of this for their own benefit."

"Also, it's hard to make a rational argument for this because the facts as well established by Donald Trump and his legal team is that for more than a year and a half the Department of Justice held off on taking any rash action. The national archives was begging Trump and his aides at Mar-a-Lago to please, please, pretty please with a cherry on top turn over these records and were repeatedly stiff-armed"

She noted that in the spring a National Archives lawyer told Trump's people to please turn them over because he really didn't want to refer it to the FBI, but Trump wasn't giving him much of a choice.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-privately-say-they-wish-trump-would-shut-up-and-stop-trying-to-be-a-martyr-reporter/ar-AA11x2O0

Then they need to grow a pair and condemn him in public.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

1. Privately!? Public Silence in the face of fascism is fascism sympathy! Afraid of tweets??

[CentralMass]

2. Ya well f'them too.

[Blue Owl]

3. He's their private dancer, a dancer for money

Any old grifting will do...

[Emile]

4. They are afraid of him. Being a coward and ass kissing

is a republican trait.

[onecaliberal]

5. Fuck every last one of the cowards. Too scared to defend their country.

They disgust me to the point of physical Illness.

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. They want Democrats to do all the dirty work

Privately: They want us to take him down so they don't have to deal with that cranky toddler.
Publicly: They want to attack us for doing it so they can keep his horrible supporters.

[crickets]

7. Bingo. nt

[Hekate]

10. Yes, they do

[uponit7771]

13. +1,

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. Bullshit. The radicalized Republican party loves the distraction while they implement fascism.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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[Hekate]

9. Republicans that stood by when he ran for potus & was anointed at the RNC deserve every bad thing

…that is coming their way. The powers that be could have stopped him — and they did not. It was like watching a truck drive off a cliff in an unending nightmare, but you all know that.

I have nothing but contempt for Republicans that could have stopped him in 2015/16 and could stop him now, and didn’t and won’t. The GOP deserves to die — it’s already rotten to the core.

[orleans]

11. agree with your one sentence commentary

they are ALL such pieces of shit

[Brainfodder]

12. How the hell is he not in an interrogation room after this document scandal?

[Takket]

14. If they aren't happy with him they sure have a strange

Way of showing it.

He is the unquestioned leader of the party

Anyone who speaks against him his kicked out (Cheney)

No candidate is taken seriously unless they bow down to him and support the Big Lie.