Posted on 05/31/2024 9:02:43 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The conviction of former President Donald Trump on manufactured charges in a Stalinist show trial this week marks a crossroads for the Republican Party. From now on, the civil war inside the GOP will be between those who understand they must do to Democrats what Democrats have done to Trump, and those who think they can trundle along with business as usual.
And make no mistake, that divide in the Republican Party is very real — and now, very obvious. In the wake of Trump’s conviction Thursday, for example, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was submissively silent for most of the day.
Not that his conspicuous silence was a surprise. Recall that a year ago McConnell was likewise silent for hours after Trump was indicted in the classified documents probe, as was minority Whip John Thune. Eventually, McConnell issued the weakest possible statement late on Thursday, as did Thune, who belatedly called the Manhattan trial “politically motivated” and bemoaned the “partisan nature of this prosecution.”
Other Republicans were not silent but should have been. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, whose last notable action before leaving office was to veto a bill that would have protected children from transgender genital mutilation, issued a craven statement that seemed to accept the legitimacy of the trial and conviction: “It is not easy to see a former President and the presumptive GOP nominee convicted of felony crimes; but the jury verdict should be respected. An appeal is in order but let’s not diminish the significance of this verdict.”
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LOL - republicans have no balls whatsoever
Should. Won’t.
Time to get ugly. Democrats sure aren’t bashful in doing that.
It’s up to us and we should deal with these traitors in the way the Declaration of Independence says so. We know where this is headed....
Who says the repubs aren’t doing it this now? This has been going on for over 8 years, yet they have done absolutely nothing but talk. I conclude they are part of it.
Republicans hate trump more than the democrats do
Where are they?
Go Medieval
Some people are stuck in the late 1990s hoping the republicans will just do something about the constitutional insults.
They won’t
Right now they’re hoping they can run Nicky wassername or desancty
Dream world
Truer words have not been spoken.
Xi Jinping and Vlad Putin are grinning today, and Stalin’s ghost is cheering from hell.
You gotta win first. The only thing you can do beforehand is to turn Dave Phelan’s seat over to the democrats for a term. The Texas GOP can afford it. Will the gop voters bite that bullet? Only if some GOP higher-up does an ad for the rat 2 days before the election. Do it when the Cowboys are playing. Houston will be on national TV the Thursday before.
I believe there's a chance at the state level.
Obviously Biden doesn't have to worry about his home state Delaware coming after him. Neither does Obama have to worry about Hawaii or Massachusetts coming after him.
But red states with vacation homes of some of the Dim big boys should immediately begin their lawfare.
How many days (hours?) until we hear a RINO never-Trumper whine “How can we let this happen to our party?” and they begin to move to remove DJT from the nominating process, handing it to Nikki Haley?
The only reason he is a Republican is to be elected. His political philosophy is slightly left of center democrat. He is the Mitt Romney of the South.
Caesar, old buddy,....
Try Hillary Clinton in front of a D.C. jury for smashing her subpoenaed phones?
Try Biden in Philly for the UPENN classified documents?
Try Pelosi in San Francisco for insider trading?
Like it or not, every major city where these crimes took place, and by law where they must be tried, are controlled by Democrats.
“LOL - republicans have no balls whatsoever”
Sadly, this is true.
I doubt it, they have never stood up before, now they’ll cower in fear even more.
republicans are frauds
The Republican response needs to focused and specific. First, identify every Democrat attorney and judge who contributed to this travesty. They will be the first investigated and, whenever possible, tried for any crimes committed within the statute of limitations for that particular crime. This should begin with Merchan and Bragg. This should be the most easily achieved part of the reaction. Second, identify every Democrat politician who had any active role in this, beginning with Biden. This will take longer, but must be pursued to eliminate future exercises of this dangerous game. When it comes to politicians the chief penalty should be financial since that is the chief motivation for their being politicians in the first place. The penalties should be explicitly punitive on top of merely compensatory.
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