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Trump Is Sabotaging Himself (and His Party) by Pandering to His Base
Townhall ^ | 12/19/2018 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 12/19/2018 9:19:53 PM PST by Signalman

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To: Signalman

These stupid Republican never-Trumpers don’t realize that if they succeed in helping to take down Trump, they never win another election. Do they really think Trumps 60 million voters will give a crap about voting after what they did to our President?


61 posted on 12/20/2018 5:39:36 AM PST by jersey117
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These stupid Republican never-Trumpers don’t realize that if they succeed in helping to take down Trump, they never win another election. Do they really think Trumps 60 million voters will give a crap about voting after what they did to our President?

This goes to the heart of why the GOP establishment hates the Trump Presidency. It isn't about Trump per se. It's about their resentment over the fact that we, not they, picked the GOP nominee this time. There they were, ready to shove another scion of the Bush family (or if that failed, tanned Bush clone Marco Rubio) down our throats yet again, but we had other ideas and voted for a candidate of our choice instead.

62 posted on 12/20/2018 5:43:40 AM PST by ek_hornbeck
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To: Signalman

Jonah, your establishment slip is showing. . . .


63 posted on 12/20/2018 6:25:59 AM PST by RatRipper (The Democrat Party is the party of liars, swindlers, cheats and unbridled immorality.)
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To: Signalman

Trump’s party stands apart. They’re scared sh#tless.


64 posted on 12/20/2018 6:42:11 AM PST by Crucial
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"He'll still have his base in 2020, even if they're pissed over no wall. If his base is all he keeps, he loses."

Like I said on another thread, people are fickle when it comes to politics. They'll turn on a dime if they don't get what they want immediately. The guy hasn't even been in office for two years, and the usual pearl clutchers, and whiners on FR are already claiming the guy is a loser. They're playing right into the hands of the Dems, and anti-Trumpers. Yes, I voted for him because he promised to build the wall, and in a perfect world, it would already be constructed, but this isn't a perfect world, and there is no such thing as a perfect Republican-controlled Congress, at least not for President Trump there wasn't. It's not as if the guy hasn't tried to do anything about the flow of immigrants into this country, but the courts have done everything they can to stop him from implementing his policies. They've done everything they can to weaken this President's hand.

65 posted on 12/20/2018 7:52:32 AM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Signalman

Full disclosure. Jonah Goldberg is a staunch never Trumper.


66 posted on 12/20/2018 8:21:35 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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