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GOP senators express frustration with Trump’s performance at debate
The Hill ^ | 09/12/24 6:00 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton -

Posted on 09/12/2024 7:45:20 AM PDT by RandFan

Senate Republicans are feeling frustrated and disappointed by former President Trump’s debate performance and his inability to resist taking the bait from Vice President Harris on side issues such as people leaving his rallies early.

GOP lawmakers fear Trump’s irate rants onstage will be the main takeaway for many undecided voters who tuned into the 90-minute debate, and some senators are hesitating over whether Trump should even agree to another one.

GOP senators are also distancing themselves from Trump’s false claim that he won the 2020 election, which he repeated Tuesday evening.

And they feel bewildered by his wild claim that immigrants are eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio, which came in response to a question about why he opposed a bipartisan Senate bill to secure the border.

“She was well-prepared and she didn’t have to keep repeating the same thing,” said one Republican senator, who requested anonymity to vent frustration about Harris’s solid performance and Trump’s lack of discipline.

“Everybody says: Be more disciplined. It’s just not him,” the lawmaker sighed.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alexanderbolton; debate; frustration; trump; trumpsperformance
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Do you agree with these anonymous lawmakers?
1 posted on 09/12/2024 7:45:20 AM PDT by RandFan
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I’m sure


2 posted on 09/12/2024 7:46:17 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: RandFan

Your morning lol.


3 posted on 09/12/2024 7:47:51 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: RandFan

“And they feel bewildered by his wild claim that immigrants are eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio, which came in response to a question about why he opposed a bipartisan Senate bill to secure the border.”

More Idiots


4 posted on 09/12/2024 7:48:12 AM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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To: RandFan

“one Republican senator, who requested anonymity”

https://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/chicken.wav


5 posted on 09/12/2024 7:48:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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"... people leaving his rallies early..."

His best response to that might have been "Your attendees only stayed because they had to wait for the bus that brought them in."

6 posted on 09/12/2024 7:49:19 AM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: RandFan

I express disappointment with GOP senators performance in office.


7 posted on 09/12/2024 7:49:57 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: RandFan

No. They must be talking about Mitt Romney. How come these so-called GOP Senators do not call out Kamala for all the lies she told at the debate? How come these so-called GOP Senators do not call out ABC for putting on such a scam debate?


8 posted on 09/12/2024 7:50:23 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: RandFan

Name names or don’t quote them. Too easy to make up quotes and attribute them to “anonymous”.


9 posted on 09/12/2024 7:51:15 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

BTTT


10 posted on 09/12/2024 7:54:43 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

They would’ve preferred McCains approach to 0bAma


11 posted on 09/12/2024 7:56:01 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: RandFan

Sounds a lot like FR since the debate. Birds of a feather....


12 posted on 09/12/2024 7:56:11 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: RandFan

The hill.....’Nuff said..............


13 posted on 09/12/2024 7:59:13 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: RandFan

The hill.....’Nuff said..............


14 posted on 09/12/2024 7:59:13 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: RandFan

No name Weasels. Sitting on their hands with their thumb up their ass waiting for Queen Kamalamala to win.


15 posted on 09/12/2024 7:59:42 AM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-c)
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To: RandFan

LOLOL!


16 posted on 09/12/2024 8:01:03 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: RandFan
You mean the Anonymous RINOs???
17 posted on 09/12/2024 8:02:05 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: BenLurkin

So... They’re making it up with ‘wishful’ thinking... Trump is going to win and Democrats will need to deal with it.


18 posted on 09/12/2024 8:02:33 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: JBW1949

Alexander Bolton of The sHill.

https://freerepublic.com/tag/alexanderbolton/index


19 posted on 09/12/2024 8:03:13 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: Parley Baer

That’s the real question.

When do they stop engaging in fratricide?


20 posted on 09/12/2024 8:05:44 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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