RNC Chair: GOP base will walk away in midterms if wall isn't built

[NCTraveler]

Republican National Committee chair Ronna Romney McDaniel said Wednesday that failing to fulfill Donald Trump's campaign promise to build a wall along the Mexican border will hurt the party in the 2018 midterm elections.

"They're gonna lose the trust of our base if we don't keep our promises, our base is gonna walk away," McDaniel said when asked by conservative radio host Laura Ingraham about the possibly of the wall not being built or funded. "They're gonna feel like, 'hey you said one thing on the campaign trail to get elected and you didn't act on it.'"

"Certainly this was front and center in his campaign and our voters are gonna expect us to act on it," she added.

Earlier, McDaniel said Republican voters would be holding their elected officials accountable in the midterm elections if they didn't keep campaign promises.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/politics/kfile-rnc-chair-gop-base-wall/

[jberryhill]

1. Start walking, boots

No way can they even get through the eminent domain process and appeals of those cases by then - let alone pouring a single truck of concrete.

[FSogol]

6. I thought of this version

[Brother Buzz]

20. Chuck Berghofer's famous sliding bass line made that song a hit

All the other covers pale in comparison without that bass 'hook'.

[Xolodno]

25. Assuming they find a truck that's willing to start pouring the cement.

A lot of companies know the minute their company logo is seen building that wall, they can kiss off a lot of other business. And that will at minimum hurt their bottom line or put them out of business once the wall is done...assuming it even gets done. They may find smaller companies willing to do it, but the construction will go very slow and they are likely to fold in the middle of the project. And the next company will come in and say how the previous one cut corners and have to redo whole sections....

It would be called the great wall of boondoggle.

[atreides1]

2. Good

Just make sure they walk off of a cliff and into the ocean!!!!

[LonePirate]

3. The wall was #1 issue for his racist and ignorant supporters. It will make or break his party.

Hopefully a few Repubs will join with the unified Dems in Congress to prevent funding for it.

[BannonsLiver]

16. I think getting rid of NAFTA might have be No. 2 on their list.

Dear Leader doesn't seem keen to deliver for the deplorables.

[hibbing]

4. No they won't

Just toss out some more race baiting before the election and ramp up the overall continued racism of this administration, mix in some fake news about Democrats doing whatever, and I'm sure they will come out.

Peace

[L. Coyote]

18. Yep, it was about race, and there are other ways to manipulate the racists.

[Wounded Bear]

5. No problem, they'll fall for this...

[Hekate]

11. Horsey's Toon is the best idea ever for The Wall

[lpbk2713]

7. A lot of them have walked already.

When they realized what a total asshole this clown
is and how mistaken they were to vote for him.

[calimary]

8. Well, okay then! Let's make sure nothing gets done on it!

After enough of this promise-breaking and fudging on what was promised and dancing around and tweeting about how "Mexico will pay for it later!", I'm guessing that there just might be enough of the trumpkins who decide they've had it with this guy, this is one lie too many for even them to stomach or excuse or swallow or ignore. And at that point, WE get the House back.

All we need is just enough of them to get tired of being toyed with and screwed that they'll stay home with an attitude of "screw you back!" That's all we need.

Several of the groups I have joined since January, like Code Blue and Monkey Wrench Brigade and Indivisible are well aware of nearby districts that can be flipped. Darrell Issa's is one of 'em, for sure - to the south of L.A. Steve Knight's is another, to the north of L.A.

And now, THIS, too, farther north from L.A.:

COUNTY PROSECUTOR ANDREW JANZ SAYS HE'LL CHALLENGE DEVIN NUNES FOR CONGRESS SEAT (from a couple of days ago)

A violent-crimes prosecutor with the Fresno County District Attorney’s office is planning to challenge incumbent Rep. Devin Nunes in California’s 22nd Congressional District election in 2018.
Andrew Janz, 33, is launching his campaign Tuesday, touting his prosecutorial credentials and his nearly lifelong connections to the Valley – and criticizing Nunes for his close ties to President Donald Trump and concerns over Nunes’ actions related to an investigation of Russian interference in last year’s presidential election.
“I’m not a politician; I’ve never considered running for Congress until recently,” Janz told The Bee on Monday. “Most of the stuff in local and national media has pushed me to get involved,” he added, referring to a House Ethics Committee investigation into whether Nunes – chairman of the House Intelligence Committee – mishandled classified information related to the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe.
“I deal with confidential information on a daily basis,” Janz said. “I’m in a profession that’s all about ethics.”

More at link: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/political-notebook/article146512949.html#storylink=cpy

As soon as I can, I'm gonna start sending him some $$$.

[asiliveandbreathe]

9. Now the wall??? - back off cupcake..without repeal replace ACA you cannot

pass even this short term budget...and R/R ACA ain't happenin'....I guess you missed Steny Hoyers comment....

[NurseJackie]

10. Ha!! :-D

[Orsino]

12. No, they're gonna walk away if their leaders keep fucking with health care...

...and keep failing to create jobs.

They wall was nothing more than a slogan for Trumpers,

[BannonsLiver]

17. I don't think his waffle on NAFTA is sitting well with deplorables either.

Intheir infantile minds they probably believed he would get rid of NAFTA and the jobs would come back instantly.

[louis-t]

13. And what, vote for Democrats?

Their base is insane, they keep voting the same people and expect a different result. Empty threats from an idiot.

[crazycatlady]

19. preferably stay home

Or deflect to the Constitution party (anti tax theocrats)

[NewJeffCT]

24. That's the most likely scenario

if they can't vote for the Wall Builder's party, they'll sit on their hands.

[Sunlei]

14. Republicans saw one of your 'voters' on TV this morning said he was "bamboozled" by R lies

people don't like to be scammed, it wasn't the republican anti-Mexican pogrom, this voter was angry and worried about your war mongering. He wasn't happy our military are starting to die because of your policies.

Worried you Republicans will have American boots on the ground in some war real soon.

[Grins]

15. Oh, so true!!! And more.

I remember before the election when Trump supporters were screaming about that damn wall over every other policy. In particular Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter. THAT WALL was the singular unifying issue on which they all agreed - vehemently!

27 Sept. 2016 (emphasis mine):

Caller: I’m just saying, he’s appealing to people who are very frustrated and angry. Their frustration and anger can only be subsided if he makes his promises true. And he has a lot on his shoulders. Maybe he himself doesn’t even know how much. But if he doesn’t come through for us, he’s going to have bigger problems, bigger problems than what you know.

Glenn Beck: Okay. So if he doesn’t build a wall like China, then he’s in trouble? It’s the wall. (Is) that your line?

Caller: Oh, he’s in so much trouble. You don’t even understand the backlash of us, the ones who are so frustrated and angry and tired of all the political stuff. We’re going to come after him personally. You know what I mean? We’re going to get him.

That is a Secret Service level of a threat!

From Gin and Tacos, August 30, 2016 (emphasis mine):

No matter how clueless, every Trumper can name one (if only one) thing: Build. The. Wall. They chant it. They wear shirts and wave signs printed with it. They talk about it incessantly. If there is any one thing that Trump and his supporters agree upon unconditionally – one universal truth in their bizarre alternate reality – it is build the wall. I daresay the wall is a deal-breaker for them. They do not appear willing to negotiate about this wall. They want The Wall. Demand it, even.
http://www.ginandtacos.com/2016/08/30/its-only-a-metaphor-for-my-xenophobia/|

[bdamomma]

21. eff the base!

they are not the majority.

[NightWatcher]

22. Bullshit. Some in the administration have said the wall will be virtual.

And that's how they'll spin it. It will be an easy spin, since there is already a wall consisting of actual wall, fences, cameras in place.

His stupid followers will not only accept it but praise him for doing it so quickly and on the cheap.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/rick-perry-trumps-border-wall-will-only-be-a-virtual-wall/

“Well, it’s not,” Perry agreed. “It’s a wall, but it’s a technological wall, it’s a digital wall… There are some that hear this is going to be 1,200 miles from Brownsville to El Paso, 30-foot high, and listen, I know you can’t do that. ”

Perry is the second Trump supporter to suggest that his trademark border wall won’t actually be a physical wall. New York Republican Congressman Chris Collins said in May that he thought it would be a “virtual wall,” and that Trump supported “rhetorical deportation.”

[CincyDem]

23. Walk away ? To where ?

Seriously, while they may not like it, the unfortunately reality is that they understand the value of 218...when push comes to shove they may not like but they'll vote R since the alternative is a democratic house. They may be pissed at Trump or the GOP but they're terrified of a Dem House.

[Bleacher Creature]

26. Buh-bye!!!!

[underpants]

27. She doesn't seem to know much about the RNC/GOP's history and their base

They'll stick around. Identify politics and one issue voters is a majority of the base and they aren't going anywhere.

[MoonRiver]

28. ...

[mountain grammy]

29. So a dear old friend of mine

called yesterday.. he's a trumper, idiot! But, after the election he said some nasty stuff to me on FB and I unfollowed him.. such petty shit for two 70 year olds, but here we are.
After the FB thing, he called a few weeks later to apologize. He said he couldn't sleep because of what he said to me and was sorry. We made up...I've known him half our lives.

He called again yesterday.. didn't want to argue, but wanted to ask if I would be against the wall if the Dems wanted it. I said, of course. He's a Texan, and he really wants this wall. He thinks it'll be twenty feet deep who knows how tall, and thinks we need it. We had a good talk and disagreed.

It's all about that fucking wall.