Posted on 05/18/2023 12:21:08 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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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Jonah: if you read this — throw yourself overboard!
More like closet commie RINOs
Newsflash: Most Americans don’t agree with what’s “normal” in DC.
The problem is, the “closest to normals” are content to win the “Best Supporting Actress” Oscar for their dogged devotion to upholding the control of the Commie Left.
NO THANK YOU!!!!!!!! That is a death wish for America.
Tell them to stay in the closet.
Jonah Goldberg is a brain damaged RINO. He must get satisfaction from always being wrong.
Never liked Jonah Goldberg.
The “normals” got us here.
Then why do most of the party members like him?
“These are the kind of people backing DeSantis!”
To repeat myself, if DeSantis can win the election and Trump can’t then I’m a DeSantis man.
Nixon called the “closet normals” the “silent majority”. I prefer the latter, more dignified, term.
they should stop raping children, + girls in their closets.
America reminds these traitors that
the GOP stole the entire USA for the CCP and should
get out of their closets and commit ritual suicide.
They’re only kidding themselves. We know who they are. They’re not “closeted.”
I’d name them, but the ‘white flags’ are blocking my view.
AVAST! RINO overboard!!
Johna Goldberg doesn’t ‘get’ the fact that in our country ‘THE PEOPLE’ elect and choose who they want to be their President.
And besides tha, that t jerk Goldberg can’t use our term ‘the normals’ because that came from Sarah Huckabee Sanders and she’s MAGA. The term did NOT come from RINO perverts... so Johan you and George Conway will need to come up with your own terms and QUIT STEALING OUR TERMS.
DeSantis can’t even win the primary, what makes you think he would win in the general? Trump received more minority votes than any other Republican, a feat likely unachievable to DeSantis since minorities hate him even more than they do Trump. Why are you DeSantis people so delusional?
‘”Conservative” syndicated columnist’ my rosy red arse. Jonah ain’t the guy I want in my foxhole.
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