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Trump warnings grow from forgotten Republicans (LOL!)
CBS News ^
| 08/18/2018
Posted on 08/18/2018 2:08:52 PM PDT by Drew68
The ranks of forgotten Republicans are growing.
Some were forced out, such as Tim Pawlenty, a former two-term Minnesota governor who lost this week's bid for a political comeback. Some, such as the retiring Republican Sen. Bob Corker, chose to leave on their own. Others still serve, but with a muted voice.
Whether members of Congress, governors or state party leaders, they are struggling to fit into President Donald Trump's Republican Party.
The expanding list of marginalized GOP leaders underscores how thoroughly Mr. Trump has dominated and changed the Republican Party in the nearly two years since he seized the presidency. The overwhelming majority of elected officials, candidates and rank-and-file voters now follow the president with extraordinary loyalty, even if he strays far from the values and traditions many know and love.
The Republicans left behind are warning their party with increasing urgency, though it's unclear whether anyone's listening.
"I hope this is a very temporary place for the Republican Party," said Corker. "I hope that very soon we will return to our roots as a party that's very different, especially in tone, from we've seen coming out of the White House."
The forgotten Republicans people like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford and Ohio Gov. John Kasich have been unwilling to sit quietly as Mr. Trump steers the GOP away from free trade, fiscal responsibility, consistent foreign policy and civility.
Isolation and political exile have been their rewards.
Their diminished roles leave fewer Republican leaders willing to challenge Mr. Trump under any circumstances, even in his darkest moments.
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Unintentional humor abounds as these great Republican leaders warn us about the dangers of too much winning.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:08:52 PM PDT
by
Drew68
To: Drew68
Is this the Corker who turned the Constitution on its head?
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:11:21 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(no spelchek, no problem...)
To: Drew68
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:11:45 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
To: Drew68
Geez. No room for aisle crossers in the NEW Republican Party. How shall I ever continue....?
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:11:55 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Drew68
The forgotten Republicans....Sanford, Kasick, Jeb Bush etc. ROTFL Nobody is forgetting their treachery against their voting fodder.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:12:02 PM PDT
by
grania
(President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
To: Drew68
even if he strays far from the values and traditions many know and love.And those would be?
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:13:00 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
To: Drew68
What the title should read: GOPe types that have had the sh!t kicked out of them.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:13:33 PM PDT
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: Drew68
Mission Accomplished. This time it means something.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:14:11 PM PDT
by
Alt Right
(If Trump is impeached, DC burns.)
To: Drew68
Tom Pawlenty = this year’s Jeb Bush
To: Drew68
That’s like a who’s who list of silly, little vagina men of the GOP.
The Cuckhold Repubics, who no longer have a constituency outside of that idiot 82 year old woman who called Sean Hannity and told him she’s going to work her butt off for Jeff F***ing Flake in 2020.
BARF!
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:15:59 PM PDT
by
chris37
("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
To: Drew68
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:16:53 PM PDT
by
georgiegirl
(Count me Deplorable)
To: Jeff Chandler
Free trade. Open borders. Endless wars.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:17:09 PM PDT
by
Alt Right
(If Trump is impeached, DC burns.)
To: Drew68
THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:17:10 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
To: Drew68
Forced out? Pawlenty lost a fair election ending a questionable come-back attempt.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:17:50 PM PDT
by
jimfree
(My18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
To: Drew68
Dumb ass Rino’s are howling at the moon.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:19:15 PM PDT
by
Luke21
(The Hill sucks.)
To: Drew68
Lolol!
Hey, reminds me. Is that jerk McCain dead yet?
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:19:32 PM PDT
by
americas.best.days...
( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
To: jimfree
The People insisted that an enemy of The People go spend more time with his family.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:19:41 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(no spelchek, no problem...)
TRUMP is doing a GREAT job for Conservatism! Tell these IDIOTS concern TROLLS to STFU!
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:19:42 PM PDT
by
KavMan
To: Alt Right
“Free trade. Open borders. Endless wars.”
Apologize and grovel.
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:19:53 PM PDT
by
Luke21
(The Hill sucks.)
To: chris37
I really don’t see a problem with the two major parties sorting themselves into a Populist Party and a Deep State Party. Do you?
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posted on
08/18/2018 2:19:54 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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