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The Donald Trump Era Could Send Moderate Republicans Running for the Exits
yahoo.com ^ | 9/29/17 | Alana Abramson

Posted on 09/29/2017 2:02:11 PM PDT by cotton1706

Sen. Bob Corker is the kind of politician who typically could stay in the Capitol for as long as he wants. A former mayor of Chattanooga and a successful businessman, the Tennessee Republican was reelected in 2012 with 65% of the vote in a reliably red state.

But Corker announced this week that he would not seek a third term in the 2018 midterm elections.

Asked about the retirement Thursday, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, his colleague on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told a reporter that Corker was “not happy.” Were any other senators unhappy as well? “About 99 that I know,” McCain said.

It was a joke, but there was a kernel of truth in it. The repeated failures to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the upcoming slogs over tax cuts and the status of undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children have made the job of a Republican lawmaker less fun lately.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; uniparty
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1 posted on 09/29/2017 2:02:11 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Good. I love all this winning.


2 posted on 09/29/2017 2:03:17 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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They are not “moderate republicans”; they are liberal republicans otherwise known as traitors, backstabbers, pedophiles, and swamp creatures.


3 posted on 09/29/2017 2:03:44 PM PDT by bkopto
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No it wouldn’t. Moderate conservatives would be fine. Corrupt traitorous leftwing swamp rats though.....


4 posted on 09/29/2017 2:06:36 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: cotton1706

They say it like it was a bad thing.


5 posted on 09/29/2017 2:07:06 PM PDT by Daralundy
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To: cotton1706

Interesting how progs are concerned about the GOP moderates, isn’t it? Whatever will they do with a GOP that comes from the people instead of the establishment?

I’m so irritated with the career GOPe that all I can say is “Bye.”

“Whose Party!
Our Party!”


6 posted on 09/29/2017 2:10:12 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: cotton1706

The slimmest book in the world is -—

Things achieved by moderates


7 posted on 09/29/2017 2:12:00 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: cotton1706

There’s a new sheriff in town


8 posted on 09/29/2017 2:12:36 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: cotton1706

Good news!


9 posted on 09/29/2017 2:13:34 PM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem wiath socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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The Donald Trump Era Could Send Moderate Republicans RINOs Running for the Exits. Fixed it!!!
10 posted on 09/29/2017 2:20:14 PM PDT by phs3 (FUBO)
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I hope it becomes a RINO STAMPEDE!.........................


11 posted on 09/29/2017 2:21:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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12 posted on 09/29/2017 2:23:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: cotton1706

But what happened to moderate Democrats under Obama and Hillary?


13 posted on 09/29/2017 2:28:17 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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Were any other senators unhappy as well? “About 99 that I know,” McCain said.

This is very telling. What the hell are they unhappy about -- someone in the White House who has called them out for not doing their damn jobs?

14 posted on 09/29/2017 2:30:03 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: cotton1706

Good.


15 posted on 09/29/2017 2:30:05 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Good.

We need new Republicans.

The ones we have only want amnesty for illegal aliens and their employers.


16 posted on 09/29/2017 2:31:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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The last 8 years saw a purge of Moderate Democrats as the party swung to the far left, now we’re seeing a similar effect on the GOP, albeit a slower and more tedious process. “Bipartisanship” is a thing of the past because it became a farce where conservatives always lost ground and were forced to compromise our values. There is no “middle ground” any longer.


17 posted on 09/29/2017 2:37:27 PM PDT by GT Vander (Life's priorities; God, Family, Country. Everything else is just details...)
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The Donald Trump Era Could Send Moderate Republicans undocumented democrats Running for the Exits!

Defund/defang/vote out the undocumented Democrat traitors in Congress!

Trump is flushing out all the Rino’s and Undocumented Democratic plants in Congress!

President Trump and we will get rid of Undocumented Democrats posing as Republicans in congress!


18 posted on 09/29/2017 2:38:56 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Now that Trump is kicking their ass, they want to quit.)
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To: cotton1706

>>The repeated failures to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the upcoming slogs over tax cuts and the status of undocumented people brought to the U.S. as children have made the job of a Republican lawmaker less fun lately.

Wow. This story tries to make it seem like Republican Senators are the VICTIM here?


19 posted on 09/29/2017 2:49:43 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: cotton1706

Hope and pray that it does.


20 posted on 09/29/2017 2:54:18 PM PDT by mulligan
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