Posted on 11/13/2022 11:02:31 AM PST by conservative98
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the Republican Party does not have a single leader when asked if former President Donald Trump should remain as the head of the GOP.
Partial transcript as follows:
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BRENNAN: Sure, but you lost the ballgame in the Senate. Karl Rove blamed...Should Mr. Trump remain the leader of the Republican Party?
COTTON: Well, Margaret, when the party- when any party is out of power, as Republicans are now, we don’t have a single leader. The former president is obviously very popular with many of our voters–
BRENNAN: He’s the center of gravity.
COTTON: But we also have important other leaders as well, like some of those victors I just mentioned earlier, like Brian Kemp in Georgia, Ron DeSantis in Florida. Last year, you had Glen Younkin have a great victory in a bluish democratic state like Virginia. I hope to remain a leader in the United States Senate as well, in addition to people like some of those I just mentioned who were reelected, like Tim Scott. So, when you’re in opposition, you don’t have a single leader.
BRENNAN: Should leadership elections in the Senate be delayed until December, and should Mitch McConnell remain as Republican leader in the Senate?
COTTON: Well, I don’t see why we would delay the election, since all five or six of our leadership elections are uncontested. You know, the great wrestling champion Ric Flair used to say, to be the man, you got to beat the man. And so far, no one’s had the nerve to step forward and challenge Senator McConnell. So, I support Senator McConnell.
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Very well stated.
I think that is kind of his point. When you do not have an elected president of your own party in power, you don't have a single elected leader. That's just a fact.
So without an elected leader, different people within the party are going to look to different people for leadership. You may look to Donald Trump, but some other Republicans may not. Which, by definition, means there is no single leader.
"We The People", actually includes everyone who votes, not just those who support Donald Trump.
Scrap the GOP. We need a MAGA party. What do we lose by scrapping the Republican party? Nothing.
Oops, I screwed up, I meant MINORITY leader.
Yeh, like Brian Kemp, a traitor and a criminal. 😆
*SIGH*
He’s just another Rep .WHORE!
I think some good will come of all this.
I think it will make people come back to President Trump!
Well, you always have your tagline! ;)
You have a good point. If we get angry enough, we should take it out first on the Dems.
“What do we lose by scrapping the Republican party?”
A busload of deadwood.
Obama and his crew are running ... the country into the ground. With mail in ballots and vote harvesting, Republicans are dead. We are now Communist China with Chairman Joe at the helm. Pray for our children.
Ray Charles could see that
The base is the US working class. Hated by elitists since, well forever.
Those who founded the Republican Party had no problem with scrapping the Whig Party. It can happen again. And must for the future of our Republic. It’s time.
The last time one of the two major parties was scrapped and replaced 10 years later there was a Civil War. Well, ok then.
McConnell is plotting to ram through a leadership vote before the run-off in GA. This is how McConnell operates. Ted Cruz urges a delay, as do Hawley, Rubio, Johnson, and Lee. https://t.co/6PqcahWzWa— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) November 12, 2022
But not Tommy C and friends of McConnell.
I would never, ever vote for Cotton!
I work at it a little bit, every day! Nearly there. Just a little more shoring up on the northern perimeter of the compound and all will be secure! ;)
Boy Howdy! Tom Cotton sure sounds like a politician don’t he?
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