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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I just spit wine every where! Well done!
[fiscal responsibility]
Do they remember Barack Hussein Obama and W. Bush by any chance?
President Trump ix 10,000x better than those 2.
“President Trump ix 10,000x better than those 2.”P2—>:Yep!
Have to add that to my Jeb! collection
Yup...the two parties had split us up pretty good. You take them, we'll take these.
Trump has highest approvals since Reagan of any gop leader
And over one third of blacks love him
That black bump can win elections.....that is 250-400 basis points in a general
And that can matter in these times
Plus you know other minorities like his moxie too
Forgotten men and women? Enh. Deplorables are a dime a dozen because there are so many of them. Forgotten politicians? Oh, nose!
Nice!!!!!
Wow-——nice work.
Well, I can’t take credit for it. Found it online.
However, I thought you guys would enjoy it and could possibly use it / share it.
;)
So Trump “seized” the presidency? This is one of the biggest piles of bullshit I have seen but I love the last couple of sentences. Poor babies.
Sean didn’t push back on that nitwit.
Add McCain and Corker to that list.
There has NEVER been Free Trade, never.
We have had government sanctioned trade under a framework established at the end of WWII intended to reconstruct Europe to keep the Commies at bay.
That framework has been successful but it’s day in the sun is over.
Free Trade in no way exports jobs no matter how many times it is repeated by some lamebrain. Such a comment shows you do not understand the theory and that is all it is. It has NEVER described an actual situation.
Who is “his”?
The same imbalanced (non-free) trade was also then used to work deals with Mexico and China. Europe has recovered from the war, China has become an economic power and Mexico continues to be robbed by its rulers. In the meantime, our wages have been stagnant while our manufacturing sector diminished. Time to end the imbalance.
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