Trump's Willing Cheerleaders

[dalton99a]

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Trump's Willing Cheerleaders
By Josh Marshall
Published January 29, 2017, 8:29 PM EDT

One thing to note with everything we're seeing this weekend. Folks like Reince Priebus were supposed to be the ones to keep the Trump White House on something like the straight and narrow. That never really made sense to me. But that was the idea. That is clearly not happening. But as a colleague pointed out to me this evening, it's Priebus who is the most visible cheerleader defending the ugliest and most feral Trump White House actions. He was out today defending the egregious de-Judaized Holocaust statement. He's insisting the weekend immigration debacle is making America great again. He's not just on board. He's the top cheerleader.

The same applies to Ryan and McConnell. There are a non-trivial number of Republicans saying this is unacceptable. But both of these men are totally onboard with Trump. Not a shred of disagreement is uttered.

These three men - the leaders in each House and the former Chairman of the RNC - are the establishment in every sense. They are 100% on board.

I will say this does not surprise me. But as I've said in other contexts, if I were a Republican, I would be very concerned. And I don't mean in some moral sense. I mean in the most pragmatic, cynical political sense. They are cheerleading every transgression. They are owning it in its entirety.

[leanforward]

1. Well written.

I agree completely. And, would like to add, "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely".

I am a loyal American in opposition. The president must be impeached.

[Solly Mack]

2. Exactly. They are all the same. Trump is them and they are Trump.

For anyone to pretend otherwise is delusional.

Stop whistling past the graveyard. If you were hoping for saner voices in the GOP as a check on Trump, then you have been hoping on shit and expecting gold.

[vlyons]

3. The results of bad karma is coming their way

It may not be today. It may not be tomorrow. But it is surely coming. All actions have consequences. That is the law of karma. And karma is just like gravity, in that it never stops working. The result of hatred, stupidity, and greed is very bad karma indeed.

[Cha]

4. so much for rinse p**** being anything but an

abject tool.. all those mentioned are scared little weasels.

If you're into reality it is very concerning.. pub, indie, Dem!

Thank you, Dalton~

[SleeplessinSoCal]

5. Possibly the silence will expose the rot. It is a rotten party.

I hope the DC GOP is exposed as the group of hypocritical bastards most of them are. I hope the most convincing and amiable Democrats there can get to those who have a vestige of self respect and sense of what is actually in the Constitution so they can coax them into standing with them against Twitler for liberty and justice for all.

[myrna minx]

6. K&R This is the united Republican Party.

They own it.

[colorado_ufo]

8. And while we're on the subject of cheerleaders

CNN's Jeffrey Lord makes me want to punch the wall. Or hurl.

[ffr]

9. "If I were a republican..."

I'd be ashamed. I'd be afraid of the harm that I'd caused and the grief those who don't think as simplistic as me are suffering.

If I were a republican, I'd lock my doors at night for fear of 66 million people that weren't hoodwinked and voted for the betterment of their country above themselves, instead of selfishly like I had. I'd be worried that they'd be coming to burn my house to the ground with me in it for the despicable reality I had caused.

If I were a republican, I'd be looking into hiding my identity and hanging my head whenever I was in public. I'd be thinking my vote for tRump was about the lowest un-American un-patriotic thing I have ever done in my life. And whatever ills become me, I deserve in spades.