Jonah Goldberg: GOP ‘Closet Normals on the Hill’ Want to Move Beyond Trump

Breitbart ^ | 17 May 2023 | Pam Key

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Conservative syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that Republican “closet normals on the Hill” want to move beyond former President Donald Trump but are waiting for their voters to do so.

Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Do you think that, assuming that Jack Smith does go forward and bring some sort of charges related to this, do you think that will have any impact whatsoever on Trump’s standing among must be members of Congress, Republican officials and voters?”

Goldberg said, “Those are different constituencies, to be sure. I think there is a possibility, if not one that I think is necessary that I would bet a lot of money on, that the slow accretion of more baggage, more hassles, there’s always something going on with this guy, hits a critical mass point when Republican voters are starting to pay attention to the primaries, which they are not now, and they will say, look, I like the guy’s policies, but we need someone with less baggage, younger, blah, blah, blah. That’s possible. I think for leaders of the party and members of Congress. They’re there psychologically, a lot of them, but not politically because the voters haven’t gone that way yet.

He added, “There are all these closet normals on the Hill who would very much like to move beyond the Trump era, but they can’t until the voters do.”

Tapper said, “Do you want to out them for us right now?”

Goldberg said, “I could guess a lot of them.”

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Since when was being "normal" a reason to be in the closet?

[yuleeyahoo]

They want to get back to playing the Washington Generals to the Democrats Harlem Globetrotters.

[mass55th]

"I say you must vote. You might get to vote for Trump, and let’s not assume DeSantis is owned by the deep state."

If I'm alive in November 2024, I will vote for Trump. If he isn't on the ballot for President, I will write his name in. I won't vote for anyone else. At 75, I've earned the right to decide if I vote or not, and who I will vote for. I'm not wasting my vote on unknowns. Unlimited voter fraud is still alive and well, so it doesn't really matter who you vote for, as the possibility is high that the ballot you do cast will be disenfranchised by Democrat shenanigans. I live in New York State, so whether I vote for Trump or not, no Republican Presidential candidate will ever win the State.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

So Deep State Neo-Con Jonah is still out there mewling the RINO party line, huh? Who cares?