WaPo columnist pleads with GOP to admit Dems were right about Trump, ditch him to avoid ‘party suicide’

Fox News ^ | Sept 2, 2022 | Gabriel Hays

[where's_the_Outrage?]

Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle pleaded with Republicans on Friday to have a "Dr. Phil moment" and get themselves out of their "dangerous" relationship with former President Donald Trump unless they want to commit "party suicide."

The column insisted that Trump has been "wrecking" the GOP for years with his "scandals" and "ego," and claimed that if the party continues to embrace him, the idea of a red wave in upcoming elections will end up "more like a ripple."

McArdle began her column with the premise that sensible Republicans have been secretly hoping Trump could have been kicked to the curb in 2016 but were unwilling to do the job themselves. "By mid-February 2016, it was clear that some kind of collective Republican action would be needed to keep Donald Trump from winning the nomination. Instead, everyone stood around hoping that someone else would do the job for them," she wrote.

Over the past six years, that same scenario has played out time and time again. She added, "This was an error they repeated many times in the ensuing years, keeping quiet about outrage after outrage, passing up two separate chances to remove him from power and ensure he could never run again."

[where's_the_Outrage?]

"For six years, Trump has been systematically — okay, unsystematically — wrecking the party.

And that's why people want him, to drain the GOP swamp.

[cranked]

Confirmed: They fear Trump, hard.

[oblomov]

I love when progs give “helpful advice” to their adversaries.

[blackdog]

Thou protest too much.

[Skywise]

It’s afraid!

[dfwgator]

Because the GOP was doing so well before Trump, and nobody hated Republicans.....

[freedumb2003]

I think doubling down on once-and-future POTUS Trump is what works for me.

[skeeter]

Megan says it’s for our own good.

[House Atreides]

DemocRATS: “Let us choose your candidate… we want the best for you.”

🤣🤣

[dfwgator]

[Yashcheritsiy]

That’s some great concern trolling there bros.

[Dr. Sivana]

She’s a Washington Post columnist. What sympathies does she have with conservatives and middle America? A “guest columnist” would have more credibility,

[Dr. Sivana]

Did she say these things to the Democrats about Bernie Sanders, an explicit Socialist?

[BookmanTheJanitor]

No…no…no

[Nervous Tick]

>> pleaded with Republicans on Friday to have a “Dr. Phil moment”

Inquiring minds want to know! What exactly would one DO in a “Dr. Phil Moment”? Douche oneself? Where?

I would much rather the Republicans screw up some courage and have a “Chuck Norris moment” and open a big old can of whoopass on the ‘rats and their media/social/corporate/NGO sycophants.

[BradyLS]

...But they’ll embrace their graft-hustlin’, kiddie-gropin’, lady-sniffin’ Brandon.

[theycallmemom]

Well bless her little heart.

[Pox]

Oh, and for clarity, never forget that the WaPo has nothing but the best interests of the GOP in mind.

" To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!"

[Jonny7797]

Yep, that’s why Trump endorsement has a 95% plus success rate.

[EEGator]