Posted on 10/25/2017 8:01:38 AM PDT by mandaladon
So much media coverage centers on four Republican Trump critics — one retired, two retiring and one facing a deadly, possibly career- or life-ending cancer: George W. Bush, Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker (Tenn.) and Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain (Ariz.).
Lost in this: President Trump enjoys public support (despite private gripes) from most of the 49 other Senate Republicans and 239 House Republicans, including every person in elected leadership.
Trump got standing ovations from Senate Republicans, with Corker in the room. This flows from his strong, sustained support of GOP voters. Corker is right: Republicans in private cringe at the thought of President Trump. But it's meaningless if they publicly bow to him, routinely vote for him and never condemn him. This — not the criticism by the few — is the story of the moment and the first nine months: With few accomplishments, countless petty GOP fights and slights, Trump is strong as ever. Flake is the proof. While cable lapped up his anti-Trump retirement speech ("I will not be complicit"), the truth is he was forced out because he wrote a book critical of the president and saw his base turn on him. If Flake ran, he was toast. Arizona Republicans prefer Trump to Flake. Corker is proof, too. He sucked up to Trump before turning on him. Once Corker turned, he was probably toast, too. Tennessee Republicans prefer Trump to Corker, too. Sound smart: For all the warnings of how harshly history will judge the Trump enablers, that history will need to be told in an exceptionally long book — because the vast majority of Republicans are forever marked as Trump Republicans.
Except for 5 or 10 in the Senate.....................
None of them are.
All of them are liars.
[None of them are. All of them are liars.]
They smoulder under their smiles.
“Corker is right: Republicans in private cringe at the thought of President Trump.”
Is this true?
How does this author know that “Republicans in private cringe at the thought of President Trump?”
This is a pretty strong statement!
I believe this author is projecting his own RINO attitude into the article. This author would much rather have St. Pauli Girl Ryan or Mitchy McConnel, or Jebbie, or Kasich, leading from behind - hillary’s behind.
It seems to me that Trump is WINNNING. Trump WINNING, America WINNING, Me WINNING. The trickle down theory.
The media is having wet dreams that Flake and Corker can inspire a Republican mutiny in the senate - I mean, is the media that far out of touch from reality. NorDUH could hardly sit in her chair she was squirming with such enthusiasm with Flake on CBS This Morning. Gayle almost slipped and said “please” when she wanted to encourage an uprising.
The media reminds me of the handful of NFL kneelers so far out of touch with America and frankly to stupid to understand they are in a severe minority fighting Trump.
Trumpicans
The Establishment has trillions of dollars riding on the status quo.
They are obligated to fight to the death, for each other, and against the American people whose cash they steal and freedom they squelch.
Trump bump
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