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Looks like they were shocked by the sheer stupidity of his speech yesterday. Even his most ardent supporters in the senate and house said they don't want to talk about him right now. Some of the house and senate republican leadership seem to be indicating that they are done trying to help him and that he is on his own now.
None of it has worked. And now a palpable mix of despair and resignation has permeated the Senate Republican Conference. Many lawmakers are openly frustrated, and refusing to defend the comments and actions of their own standard-bearer, the man theyve endorsed for president.
Trumps insinuation that President Barack Obama may be sympathetic to Islamic State terrorists was the final straw for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Im not going to be commenting on the presidential candidates today, the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday, an abrupt reversal after several weeks of weighing in on Trumps performance, particularly the ways he believed the candidate needed to improve.
McConnells No. 2, Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, declared he is done talking about Trump until after the election nearly five months away.
Wish me luck, he said.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/senate-trump-gop-orlando-224339#ixzz4BbLzYxlt
BootinUp
(47,139 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,797 posts)as described 24/7 on thousands of RW-owned talk radio and other media.... and he is doing it in such a way that their lunatic base can completely understand it. And he knows their party locksteps and will be forced to support him.
Xipe Totec
(43,889 posts)Like a canker sore that says: "Clap, your friend has arrived."
The problem is that the Republican party membership itself is a cesspool of raging bigots without the brains that God gave a maggot.
CanonRay
(14,097 posts)Put your hands over your eyes, your thumbs in your ears, and sing loudly. Maybe it will all just go away.
3catwoman3
(23,970 posts)...so shall ye reap.
Be careful what you wish for. You might get it.
You broke it, you bought it.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)hatrack
(59,583 posts)spanone
(135,816 posts)bluster and bullshit and not a SHRED of empathy or compassion. shame on anyone who supports this mental deficient cretin
shame on my senator...bob corker. shame on my senator lamar alexander....shame on all republicans.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)They have truly created a monster.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Aww. Republican Senators got a great big sad on because they know after November they will once again be in the minority.
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)this will be good for the Republican party. After Trump suffers a massive ass kicking, they are going to be able/need to pivot left and take some of the knuckle draggers they've cultivated with them.
Here's to a saner GOP one day. Or a out of business GOP. Whichever.