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Showing Original Post only (View all)Heather Cox Richardson: "palpable sense of rats leaving a sinking ship" [View all]
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-16-2020This is a very powerful piece.
The theme of the day was the palpable sense of rats leaving a sinking ship as Republicans, administration officials, and administration-adjacent people distanced themselves from the president.
There was a foreshadowing of that exodus on Wednesday, when Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) let loose about the president in a telephone call with constituents. Sasse was an early critic of Trump but toned down his opposition significantly in the early part of the administration. On Wednesday, he reverted to his earlier position, saying he had never been on the Trump train. He complained about the way Trump kisses dictators butts, and went on: "The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership, the way he treats women, spends like a drunken sailor . [He] mocks evangelicals behind closed doors...has treated the presidency like a business opportunity" and has "flirted with white supremacists." He said: What the heck were any of us thinking, that selling a TV-obsessed, narcissistic individual to the American people was a good idea?"
The theme of abandoning the administration became apparent yesterday, when officials leaked the story that intelligence officials had warned Trump against listening to his lawyer Rudy Giuliani. This was a high-level leak, and suggests that more and more staffers are starting to look for a way off the S.S. Trump.
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There was a foreshadowing of that exodus on Wednesday, when Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) let loose about the president in a telephone call with constituents. Sasse was an early critic of Trump but toned down his opposition significantly in the early part of the administration. On Wednesday, he reverted to his earlier position, saying he had never been on the Trump train. He complained about the way Trump kisses dictators butts, and went on: "The United States now regularly sells out our allies under his leadership, the way he treats women, spends like a drunken sailor . [He] mocks evangelicals behind closed doors...has treated the presidency like a business opportunity" and has "flirted with white supremacists." He said: What the heck were any of us thinking, that selling a TV-obsessed, narcissistic individual to the American people was a good idea?"
The theme of abandoning the administration became apparent yesterday, when officials leaked the story that intelligence officials had warned Trump against listening to his lawyer Rudy Giuliani. This was a high-level leak, and suggests that more and more staffers are starting to look for a way off the S.S. Trump.
Meanwhile, at his rally tonight in Georgia, Trump told the crowd You should
lock up the Bidens, lock up Hillary. The crowd then began to chant Lock them up. But one thing about a bully: when people finally start to turn on him, there is a stampede for the exits.
Tonight, at his Georgia rally, Trump outlined all the ways in which he was being unfairly treated, then mused: Could you imagine if I lose?... Im not going to feel so good. Maybe Ill have to leave the country, I dont know.
Tonight, at his Georgia rally, Trump outlined all the ways in which he was being unfairly treated, then mused: Could you imagine if I lose?... Im not going to feel so good. Maybe Ill have to leave the country, I dont know.
Can't imagine which country he and his family could go to.... I don't think vlad would have much use for him and his cohort any more.
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Heather Cox Richardson: "palpable sense of rats leaving a sinking ship" [View all]
erronis
Oct 2020
OP
I like your thinking. It's legitimate after all these years of being forced to pretend.......
jaxexpat
Oct 2020
#75
Subpoenas and warrants will be waiting for Trumpy-Boy the moment Biden is sworn in.
Eyeball_Kid
Oct 2020
#53
This isn't how people act when they have a "secret plan" to steal the election...nt
Fiendish Thingy
Oct 2020
#6
Trump is probably worse than I am mocking evangelicals, and I am brutal! I think "W" did as
brewens
Oct 2020
#7
Drop them off on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It's not sinking any time soon.
Hekate
Oct 2020
#79
Once he is out of office he will not be of any use to vlad, the usefulness of the idiot will end
Escurumbele
Oct 2020
#19
No, I don't think Putin has much use for a disgraced former president who is under investigation.
tanyev
Oct 2020
#24
No, but maybe he'll break up with him over some of that polonium tea he seems to be so fond of...
dixiechiken1
Oct 2020
#26
I think Putin would offer Trump safe haven, a beautiful gosdacha in Peredelkino...
Silent3
Oct 2020
#28
He and his MAGA idiots should move to Russia. Seriously, it is made for their narrow thinking
Vivienne235729
Oct 2020
#29
Trump's the one we need to lock up RIGHT NOW so he won't leave the country! Either that, or
Illumination
Oct 2020
#36
So we can count on Sasse to vote NO on the ACB SCOTUS nomination. That is the best exit route he has
usaf-vet
Oct 2020
#38
I met a man recently who'd been a young teen in Germany in 1945. He said when news of Hitler's death
NBachers
Oct 2020
#49
FYI, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and UAE don't have extradition treaties with the United States.
Efilroft Sul
Oct 2020
#58