Trump Loses Endorsements After Viciously Attacking His Former Press Secretary - Farron Balanced

[TexasTowelie]

Donald Trump launched into a vicious attack against his former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany this week, prompting both Fox News and Newsmax to call him out for it. But then something even worse happened: Lawmakers started pulling their endorsements of the former president. Admitting that he "can't be trusted", a Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire said that he was pulling his endorsement over the attack. Could this be a new era where Republicans actually stand up to Trump's bullying? Farron Cousins answers that question.

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*This transcript was auto-generated. Please excuse any typos.

So in case you didn't see this this past week, cuz obviously there was a lot of news happening, the debt ceiling, all of that, everything else trump's legal problems. But at one point last week, Donald Trump got on truth social and actually attacked Kayleigh McEnany current Fox News personality, former Trump Press secretary. In fact, she was his last pre, uh, press secretary. Rode with him once Sarah Huckabee Sanders left and stayed with him through the end of that administration. She was very, very loyal. But this week on Fox News, she did the unthinkable. She reported the truth and the truth that she reported was that the latest polls showed Donald Trump beating Ron DeSantis by 25 points. That's that, that you would think that's like a good truth to tell about Donald Trump. But he got off, sent out a post on truth. So where he called her milk toast, he of course spelled it wrong.

He spelled it as in milk and then toast. That's the motion of toast coming out of a toaster. Um, and then he said, I am 34 points up onto Sanc Tomos, not 25 up. Uh, the rhinos and globalists can have her. Fox News should only use real stars. And it was like, okay man, I get that you're not happy that the Fox News poll that she's citing says you're up 25 instead of 34. But it's really not even that big of a deal. 25 is still good, but he attacked her. And that attack, by the way, led to rebukes from Pro-Trump hosts on both Fox News and Newsmax. So both of those networks that are rivals came out and denounced Donald Trump for these attacks. But that's not where the story ended. Because this story kept gaining momentum as the week went on. Even Kayleigh McEnany by the way, kind of like shrugged it off like, ah, I still like him.

But that wasn't the end of it. As people grew more and more upset, realizing of course that Donald Trump doesn't care how loyal you are to him, he will drop you at a moment's notice if he feels it suits, whatever that moment calls for. It has now led to Donald Trump losing endorsements from Republican lawmakers. Let me read you this quote. This is from James Polan. He is a Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire, a state lawmaker. And here is what he had to say about the man he had previously endorsed and is now Unen endorsing. Here it is. I am officially withdrawing my endorsement as his most recent attack on Kayleigh McEnany is beyond comprehension and explanation. I thought that he would be able to continue with a positive message, learn from his past mistakes, and give us a way forward

To continue the policies that he started before. But it's become evident, especially with the latest attack on Kayleigh McEnany, that there's no loyalty in him. He can't be trusted to stay loyal to the people who supported him in the past. So this Republican lawmaker nailed it on the head. Trump demands absolute loyalty from everyone, but he has never repaid that loyalty in kind. These people have to be loyal to him, but he doesn't have to be loyal to them. And so s Spade has said, I'm un endorsing Donald Trump. He is now of course endorsing Ron DeSantis. And I think this is just the first domino to fall this attack on Kayleigh McEnany. This seemingly innocuous, you know, run of the mill attack that Trump posts on true social is having real world consequences for the former president. He is losing support because he attacked a woman who had blindly supported him for all those years.

That's pretty remarkable. But not just that he's losing support. What's remarkable is the rationale that this Republican is using to say, guys, we gotta wake up here. This guy is in it for himself and none of our loyalty will ever be repaid. He will not help us when we need the help. He will not rush to our defense. He will throw us under the bus as soon as it is politically convenient for him to do so. And so sine says, I'm jumping ship now, he may be the first rat to jump ship, but I guarantee you there's going to be others because this story has blown up way more than we would've thought it did, or it would have.

[LakeArenal]

1. Duh.... 7 years later....Surprise, Trump eats his young.

Poor Makninny….. Not.

[NH Ethylene]

2. Ya think? He has done this over and over for all these years.

The only thing that has changed is that he is losing power, becoming toothless. So the cowering cowards are snapping back.

This is a good thing, of course, but no credit is due to those who finally spoke up. They didn't suddenly realize anything; they took advantage of the way the wind is blowing.

[thesquanderer]

3. Ironic that we can have Kayleigh McEnany to thank for helping TFG lose Republican support.

But of course, not because of any of her own actions, but because Trump can't stop himself from saying stupid things.

[Warpy]

4. Uh, DUH, the rest of us already knew this about TFG

He's a malignant narcissist. He doesn't have friends, he has people who are useful. He doesn't have family, he has hostages. Anyone he perceives in the moment as being less than useful will be attacked as his worst enemy. It's why people around him, including his legal staff, are afraid to tell him no about anything, they know he will try to destroy them if they try it.

It's why his legal strategy is so absolutely nuts. He is writing all those screwball filings himself, using his legal team as editors to spiff up the prose. He knows the law better than they do. He knows everything better than anyone else.

I hope his fuckups catch up with him soon, the document theft case seems to be heating up. I don't think they'll catch up to him befoe the 2024 election. I still think the indictment from Smit will be sealed until after that, if there is one. However, maybe Jared will get his due after that $2 billion jackpot from the Saudis.

[LuvLoogie]

5. So they endorse that turd cocktail DeSadist?

Same shit, different asshole.

[stopdiggin]

6. news flash - Donald Trump is not loyal to

(well, virtually anybody. certainly not wives, nor family members - and the list kind of falls off from there.)
And cannot be trusted to ..
(again, virtually anything .. )

same time - want to thank OP for providing synopsis and transcript. tremendously helpful - and appreciated.