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TeamPooka

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6. Trump is their fall guy. When they gut Medicare and Social Security and everything

Reply to zippythepinhead (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2016, 02:26 AM

Dec 2016

else and the people get angry, even the GOP base, Ryan, McConnell and crew will point their fingers at Trump and say "He did it! You knew you couldn't trust him, look what that incompetent fool did"
And the GOP base will bite on it hook line and sinker

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Are republicans planning on screwing trump? [View all] zippythepinhead Dec 2016 OP

Can the yes voters elaborate? Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #1

Shakespeare was a prophet. C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #2

Only when he is no longer useful to them or becomes too much of an embarrassment. subterranean Dec 2016 #3

THIS socialist_n_TN Dec 2016 #13

They won't screw him -- they'll just grab him by the pussy LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2016 #4

They want to but they are afraid his supporters will kill them. McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #5

Trump is their fall guy. When they gut Medicare and Social Security and everything TeamPooka Dec 2016 #6

The current GOP base wants to get rid of Ryan, McConnell and crew onenote Dec 2016 #11

You fail to understand that Republicans are not logical thinkers. TeamPooka Dec 2016 #17

And you fail to understand their discipline. onenote Dec 2016 #18

They'll want to but... SunnyBaudelaire Dec 2016 #7

I believe they will eventually....But not now. PinkFloyd Dec 2016 #8

I doubt it because most are slimeballs and crooks! dmosh42 Dec 2016 #9

How can they screw Trump without screwing Pence with an election investigation? Thor_MN Dec 2016 #10

They'll hang on as long as he can promote their agenda. baldguy Dec 2016 #12

When they remake the TV series "The Fall Guy" it won't be about a stuntman, that's for sure! TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #14

McCain and Graham will do anything they can ... surrealAmerican Dec 2016 #15

Not as long as he is useful to them. MyshkinCommaPrince Dec 2016 #16

Trump and Pence will be good little puppets. hunter Dec 2016 #19