Freaking love it!
Posted on 01/01/2021 9:19:53 PM PST by NobleFree
William Cohen, a former Republican senator from Maine and Defense secretary under former President Clinton, blasted GOP lawmakers challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in a Thursday interview in which he suggested the formation of a new political party.
Cohen made the comments on CNN's "The Situation Room" while discussing Sen. Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) plans to object during Congress's counting of the Electoral College vote on Wednesday. Cohen called Hawley's actions "shameful" but warned that Republicans are just following President Trump's lead, calling him the party's "ringmaster."
"We have to remember that the current occupant of the White House is a ringmaster and what he expects to do is snap his whip and all the elephants hop up on chairs," Cohen said. "What they have to understand is he is going to continue to snap the whip whether he's in office or out of office. And every time they're going to have to jump up and sit on that stool to satisfy him and his supporters."
"He is always going to up the ante, he cannot be satisfied. There's nothing in him. There's no moral core, and so they are going to be extorted or bribed in order to avoid a primary in 2022 or 2024," Cohen continued.
Discussing the future of the Republican Party, Cohen noted a clear divide among GOP lawmakers, saying more centrist Republicans such as Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Susan Collins (Maine) are very different from Trump allies. He asked: Where are the lawmakers "standing up for the rule of law?"
"For Trump it is pathological, for those who are jumping up to support him, it's diabolical and I don't think it's diabolically clever. I think they will find they will be hostage for the rest of their time in the Senate and going forward if they are only there to appease the Trumpsters," he said.
Frustrations flare as $2,000 checks blocked for fourth straight day Giuliani, Trump Jr. among guests at Mar-a-Lago New Year's party... "Maybe it's time for a new party. One that abides by the rule of law," Cohen concluded. "But also faithful to the people of this country, who vote to elect them."
Cohen's New Year's Eve comments come just days before Congress's counting of the Electoral College vote. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Wednesday he thinks as many as 100 Republicans could challenge the results.
The move is considered a long-shot bid to overturn the election, but more Republican lawmakers have come out in support of the effort.
Let it add up..... for them. They can figure out the math later.
We are the base. They are the guys who have been trying to steer the base to where they want.
Another Flake Sasse Romney Bush type.
These people are now part of uniparty that think you hey know us.
Trumpers embrace every walk of life, race, educational, so I Etc background of people.
We’re The American Party
We need a pro worker party. An America First Party. They will never leave the GOP....
If there are Republicans that have an issue with Trump, and Deplorables, they are the ones that need to go find their own party. This one is ours now.
William Cohen, a former “Republican” senator, is being used by the left as part of an attempt to pressure President Trump to not dispute the stolen election. So William should definitely leave the Republicans, but he doesn’t need a new party - he’s already a Democrat in all but name.
This guy is 80. He gave Ollie North a lot of trouble. Wow they are dragging this guy out of the woodwork.
>>”We have to remember that the current occupant of the White House
He is STILL the President.
And if RINOs think that there should be a split in the party, they can rejoin the Democrats and push back against the Marxists and Communists that are holding office and gaining numbers.
Cohen? COHEN?? He’S ALL THEY’VE GOT???!!!
OFFS.
Yeah, I’m a rino lover.
That is exactly what I said, verbatim.
Jesus.
WTF is wrong with you?
:::rolls eyes:::
>>Discussing the future of the Republican Party, Cohen noted a clear divide among GOP lawmakers, saying more centrist Republicans such as Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Susan Collins (Maine) are very different from Trump allies.
Over 70 million people voted for Donald Trump.
S(c)hMitt Romney is NO centrist. No “middle of the road”. He’s a pansy RINO like his dad.
These clowns don’t have the numbers, don’t give them the power. Republicans stayed home when Mittens and the McCainiac ran and they got no crossover votes.
Freaking love it!
How do so many of these RINOs love fraud
Are you sure going with the Detroit Lions logo is a great idea?
WFH does the lion logo mean? Are you supporting Cohen’s position?
Not much psychotic projection, either.
WTH is the lion logo so great? I don’t get it. It should be a rhino....
...because it would horrify them?
:D
CNN had to scrape the bottom of the “where are they now?” file to find someone to parrot the words that they wanted.
I had forgotten Cohen was even alive.
He kept his mouth shut under Reagan. Always voted the right way. By the Bush one administration he was making CFR type noises, and then became a member of the Clinton Administration. He was never a conservative, but wasn’t as bad as McCain.
LOL
OMG, is that what it is?
So many Trumpers use it.
And I like it. :)
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