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.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
I remember the ceckless funts crying in September and October 2016...
SFTU and bite your pillows, boys.
TERMINALLY TONE DEAF.
Ee ha! El Presidente Trump!
free trade = Exporting jobs
fiscal responsibility = Running deficits to fund illegal aliens
consistent foreign policy = Dying for people who hate us
civility = Masochism
“The forgotten Republicans — people like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.”
These are the kinds of Republicans I want to forget. Shows the desperation of the media touting these losers. They know damn well 90% of the Republican base supports the president! These sellouts represent the Deep State!
it’s so heartwarming that the leftist fake stream enemedia is so concerned about the well being of the “forgotten” Republicans ... who hate Trump
btw, CBS: Tim Pawlenty, Tim Corker, Jeb Bush,Jeff Flake, Mark Sanford, and John Kasich aren’t “forgotten” Republicans ... they’re has-been GOPe, country-club-RINO, traitorous sell-outs to the globalist gazillionaires who only PRETENDED they were “conservatives” and only PRETENDED they represented the regular folks ... and we rank-and-file are ecstatic that these pretenders have finally been flushed ...
Gosh! Believing in America and American workers is so DAMN HARD!
True. The fact is we have far more in common with working class Democrats in places like Michigan and Pennsylvania than we do elitist RINOs in DC.
+1
Bush League Republicans who are upset that President Trump threatens to reverse the Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA).
I’m going to give cuts in the line to take a wet Mitt on Juan’s grave to any veteran who was forced to serve with Songbird.
The Storm is coming...
I have been laughing out loud reading this. These Trump haters are basically saying that they know better than us what is best for the country. WE the people elected Trump-they didn’t. Therefore WE are the problem.
They haven’t learned a darn thing. Just amazing.
I'd rather see the Trump Republican party, The Deep State Democrats, and the Socialist party. The socialist party would draw in all the Greens and other fringe groups and could become a force.
But the deep state repubs have lost. They can retire, join the Trump Republicans, or join the deep state Dems.
The listed “forgotten Republicans” are actually they who were laid to waste by the Trump machine.
Nobody remembers losers.
Forgotten Republicans?
More like Discarded Republicans.
And there’s a lot more need to go.
Is seizing the presidency kind-of-like being elected president? Or, is fake news implying that Trump's election is not legitimate?
I’m trying to figure out why the author would try to make his point by citing a bunch of abject losers in this piece.
DJT "seized" the presidency just 8 short years after the most wonderful human being in presidential history was gifted the Oval Office by acclamation...
(... oh my, so scary ... cue the "evil creature is coming for you" music.
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