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.
Bump
The people they are referring to used to be 30 to 50 percent of the GOP.
All I can say is “GO TRUMP!!!”
People are about to make history.
I just keep wondering “Who do these GOP Elite people think they are?” They say that Trump is not fit to be President. Who decides that? What ever happened to “Any kid can grow up and become the President. I guess that is only for the elite GOP Establishment kiddies. The GOP Elite must be too busy patting themselves on the back to see that those supporting Trump for the most part are done with their precious Republican Party. I have been a Registered Republican since I was 18 years old when I cast my first ballot for Ronald Reagan. I never thought I would ever think of leaving. I knew during the Romney/Ryan election that I was done. In Indiana you have to declare your party to get a ballot for the primary. I chose the Republican ballot this year so that I could vote for Trump. Ronald Reagan would never believe what his beloved Republican Party has become. Where all of us Trump supporters go from here is a mystery to me but it won’t be with the Republican party for me.
Talk about totalitarian, Scott Brady was just cross examined by a Hitlery-supporting reporter about Trumps “locker room talk”. All because Brady was seen with a Donald Trump cap in his locker! The old Soviet Union was not as diligent in digging out any tiny little sign of resistance. This was just on Howie Carr.
The warmongering neo-con artists, their open borders toadies, and like hangers-on should be banished from the gop, and sent back to the democrat party from whence most of them came in the first place.
They forget you need actual VOTERS to win elections.
Governor Haslem of Tennessee is no longer a Republican and is trying to decide if running for reelection is best as an independent or a Democrat.
Ryan is delusional.
The GOPe doesn’t have to worry. We Trump supporters are leaving the GOP. We will take our ideals with us. The GOPe can park their asses next to the Whigs in the dustbin of history.
>>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.<<
That Tweet got my attention, too. An apt analogy, but incorrectly applied. Conservatives have been trying to clean out the “barn” for about 2 decades. It truly is past time to burn the GOP to the ground and start over.
I want those people out of the GOP. Let me be clearer: Ryan and the GOP leadership out of my GOP party. They are no different than the Dems represented by Harry and Nancy, etc.
Both groups seem to have forgotten the Bill of Rights and the Constitution comprise the basis for much law in this country. When this election is over, win or lose, I will join the Constitution Party and I will promote honesty, integrity anywhere I can find it. Trump is not a strumpet and “those” people have said far worse in private. Let’s not forget private and what it used to be.
Trump has a vision and, by God and Law, I hope he succeeds in achieving his and our goals. I think he is the honest answer no matter what the answer is or how badly it is expressed. We get it!!
Marie Antoinette was more in touch with the people than the GOPe.
Send them the way of the Whigs
Either these degenerates in the gop-e leave the party or the party will dissolve like the Whigs. They are pompous, criminal fools. I can’t wait for them to be wandering the country begging for forgiveness. None will be given. Traitors to their oath of office, to the Constitution, to the Rule of Law and to their electorate. I laugh at their ridiculous posturing and at their obvious LIB tendencies. They are the clown invasion.
In reply, there is heard the roar of a single superlative - NUTS!!
Steady on, Deplorables!
Ryan needs to go back to his District and get a job at GM’s Janesville Assembly Plant.
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