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In reply to the discussion: KRUGMAN: A "...de facto foreign agent sits in the Oval Office." [View all]Efilroft Sul
(3,573 posts)12. The Republicans are NOT immobilized by a combination of venality and cowardice.
Trump gave them everything they didn't already get since 1981 by tearing apart institutions of government. Why they hell would they do a damn thing against him? The party has gone all-in with Trump on the great selling out of America to corporations and a rival international power. Bringing us to heel and making us helpless has been the party's long-term goal. What Krugman perceives as fear by Republican politicians for going against Trump and his asinine base is really tacit approval of the administration's actions.
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Krugman, author of "Conscience of a Liberal", has been a NYT columnist for many many years...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#37
Ask a trumpie: if Donnie's not a Russian agent, what would a Russian agent do differently?
unblock
Jun 2018
#3
So they admit to Russia meddling in our elections and not a word about tRUMP being elected* as a
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2018
#39
Lord Fatass does look like he never stopped auditioning for the movie.
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2018
#31
I'm starting to blame Trump less for all of this and to blame Republicans entirely
renate
Jun 2018
#6
+1 - The founding fathers probably didn't imagine that we'd have traitors sitting in congress either
erronis
Jun 2018
#11
Definitely, pukes in Congress are willfully ignoring their oaths. They know it.
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2018
#32
The Republicans are NOT immobilized by a combination of venality and cowardice.
Efilroft Sul
Jun 2018
#12
Yep! Lyin Ryan said as much after the sham of an election, that they now control all three branches
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2018
#40
EXactly right. I am growing very weary of endless analysis of why GOP does nothing; analysis
Amaryllis
Jun 2018
#29