Posted on 10/12/2016 2:32:10 PM PDT by Rufus Shinra
The fireworks from this weekend's release of tapes showing Donald Trump engaging in 'locker room talk' have died down, but the Never Trump Republicans are continuing their campaign to not only rid their party of Trump, but his "ideas and supporters" as well.
In what is being described as a "coup attempt" within the GOP, it seems high ranking Republicans who were already vocal critics of Donald Trump had a part to play in the timed released of recordings showing Trump engaging in lewd talk regarding women.
Jack Posobiec, the Special Projects Director for Citizens for Trump, describes insiders within the GOP establishment expected Donald Trump to drop out of the race over the embarrassing tapes released, with Mike Pence heading up the ticket in his place. Pence would be expected to lose in November to Hillary Clinton, after supporters would be demoralized at Trump's dropping out, and the establishment could regain control of the party to start planning for a Ryan/Rubio 2020 ticket.
Posobiece also described the events of the GOP in detail during a video interview posted to Youtube yesterday.
Whoever brainstormed this plan, clearly does not know the level of resolve and dedication that Trump has to this movement. It also goes to show the level of arrogance that party insiders have, thinking that after everything Paul Ryan has done to attack the people's chosen candidate he would stand a chance of being elected President in 4 years. Although I'm sure these geniuses in the GOP upper ranks thought that by releasing these "embarrassing" Trump tapes, he would be discredited and even many of his staunch supporters would turn on him, giving the elites not only a victory, but a way of crushing the entire Trump movement as well.
However, Trump seems to have only been made stronger by this coup attempt, as he announced that the "shackles have been taken off" and he can now campaign the way he wants to.
Another ironic part of this story, is Donald Trump has stated before that the Republican party "doesn't know how to win", as they proved with both the Romney and McCain campaigns in the past 8 years. It seems Trump was right, as even the upper echelons of the GOP elite have grossly underestimated the support for Trump, while overestimating the public's perception of themselves.
The political elite will not be so easily unseated from power, however, as literally their very way of life is being threatened not only by Donald Trump, but his supporters, whose eyes have been opened to the systemic corruption and deceit that is so deeply ingrained within both political parties.
The GOP establishment still can't seem to understand the movement that Trump started, as many are convinced they will eventually oust Trump and everything will go back to the way it was. Getting rid of Trump, however, isn't enough for these elites, as they also want his "ideas and supporters" purged from the Republican party and ownership firmly back in the hands of the establishment.
From The Daily Beast:
The last two days have convinced anti-Trump Republicans not only that he will lose, but that there will be a prolonged civil war within the party. Trump not only needs to be humiliated at the ballot box, they say, but his supporters will need to be permanently thrown out.A strategist for GOP Ohio Gov. John Kasich put the battle in vivid terms: “Sometimes the barn is so infested with rats you just have to burn the damn thing down and start over,” John Weaver tweeted Tuesday.
Never Trumpers will not be satisfied with merely being right, however. The war against Trump will not be over, in the view of many who have opposed him from the beginning, until not only he—but also his supporters and their ideas—are entirely detached from the party.
“After election day, a bitter and protracted civil war will have to be waged to be rid of this mindless and militant Trump cult and to save genuine conservatism’s place in Lincoln’s Republican Party,” said Richard Russell, a Republican who formerly served as an adviser to the U.S. military’s Central Command.The responsibility for a loss does not end with Trump, these Never Trumpers say—the entire Republican Party apparatus will need to be tossed overboard and replaced, including Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and other members of the Republican establishment that enabled the flawed nominee.
“After the election, there will be a reckoning,” said Carrie Cordero, who gave policy advice to Kasich during the governor’s presidential bid. “First step is Reince needs to go."
They don't just want to eject Donald Trump from the party, they want to destroy his ideas and the movement he started, otherwise the GOP will be fractured and they will never regain the power that they so desire to hold onto.
What these elites don't seem to realize is, win or lose, the Republican party will never be the same. The realities that Trump has brought to light this year will have long lasting repercussions within both political parties, as well as our government as a whole, and it's far too late for them to do anything about it. In fact, the more the Never Trumpers push, the harder the votes are going to push back. Now that the GOP elite have taken off their masks and revealed to the voters their true motives, which seem to revolve around maintaining their power and the status quo, there is no going back to the way things were.
You may be able to destroy a man, but you cannot destroy the idea and movement that was born from his passion.
No matter what the establishment throws at Donald Trump between now and the election on November 8th, his millions of supporters will not waver in their support for the American ideals he has brought back to life. This is something the political elite cannot understand, as their very claim to power depends on not clinging to any ideals, but instead doing what is in their own best interests despite the negative impact it may have on the country.
You can bet this battle for the Republican party is not over between the elites and the voters. No establishment politician who has been in power will relinquish their authority because of something they consider to be as insignificant as the people's choice, unless we unite send a clear message at the ballot box on November 8th.
They don’t need to kick me out (or my wife).
We’ve left on our own and taken our reliable votes with us.
I’m certain that’s been repeated many thousands of times across the country. I hope they are happy with their 15 or 20 percent of the vote. They aren’t going to keep their phony baloney jobs very long without the votes they’ve kicked out.
Does “elite” mean “brain damaged”?
Yes, all the GOP Elite want is a squish like jeb or his equal from the picks the elite are running, and they are all garbage-level political prostitutes. Trump’s a rogue wave about to wash the party clean, at least as clean as can be. The republican elites are about to lose control, and with that, their power. Time for them to retire with grace...or else—suffer, bitches!
Progressives are Progressives whether there is an R or a D behind their name.
No, it means Progressive.
Oh I gave them an earful on that one - yes, I will vote Trump and then I told them that he’s the only Republican I will ever vote for again in my life. I’m sure that survey showed them the scorched earth so close they could smell it.
At least there is some realization that this about more than just one man. Hopefully Trump wins and they’re the ones forming the new ‘know-nothing’ pity party.
They won’t have to throw us out, we’re already lost to them. Trump is the only thing keeping us ‘Republican’. I have to assume that they never want to win another election if this is what they want because that’s the fate they’re choosing. C*nts.
I will crawl over broken glass to vote for Trump.
ANYTHING the media reports is either a direct lie OR a slanted, propagandized spin.
News flash: We’ve been a one-party country for quite a long time now.
We ain’t leavin’! They are leaving!
Better yet, put all the RINOs and anti-trump GOP traitors in the guac bowl and send it back to Mexico with Jeb and his wife.
These GOP elitist so all need to get trounced from office next election cycle. These morons just do not get it. Hopefully We The People wake the hell up and say bye bye to Ryan,The Turtle,etc.
If Hillary wins I will revoke my GOP membership
The gang that couldn’t shoot straight. LOL
There is a Trump Conservative Party in Wisconsin. Spencer Zimmerman is on the ballot next to Paul Ryan. Trying to find info on the party.
They don’t need to kick me out
I’m leaving
Right after the election
I need a political party like a fish needs a bicycle
Kasich is right. Only it turns out that it's not the Trump supporters who are the rats. (See my tagline.)
Maybe we need a realignment of parties with the Trumpers joining the Trump Democrats and Independents. They are more in alliance than with the GOPe.
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