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Trump Has Devoured the Republican Establishment
New York Times ^ | 1/30/24 | Lakshya Jain and Armin Thomas

Posted on 01/30/2024 6:25:12 PM PST by cotton1706

The former president now controls the Republican Party by virtually every conceivable measure. He has a commanding lead in fund-raising and polling. His policies are a beacon to which most conservative lawmakers orient themselves in affairs both foreign and domestic. His endorsement remains the single most coveted asset that any Republican could hope to brandish in a primary race, and he has already received support from an overwhelming majority of prominent elected Republicans.

In this election cycle, Mr. Trump has received endorsements from 130 House members and 31 senators, a majority of both Republican caucuses, according to an analysis by FiveThirtyEight. Ms. Haley, his only remaining opponent, has received just one congressional endorsement, from a House member from her home state, South Carolina. Before Mr. DeSantis dropped out, he had collected only five.

The picture is similar among governors, with 11 Republican governors endorsing Mr. Trump, two endorsing Ms. Haley, and two having endorsed Mr. DeSantis before his exit. With Mr. DeSantis immediately backing the former president after dropping out and Senator Mitch McConnell indicating a new willingness to defer to Mr. Trump’s political preferences, only a vestige of organized opposition remains among Republican elected officials and political figures.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Front Page News; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arminthomas; beobachter; elections; elekchunz; lakshyajain; newyorkslimes; tds; trump
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To: edie1960; All

If it were up to me, Bannon would be Trump’s veep. Mark Levin as AG. Vivek in charge of OMB and overall hatchet man eliminating federal departments, agencies and moving the leftovers to Needles, California.


41 posted on 01/31/2024 12:00:37 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: cotton1706

Winning hearts and minds...Like never before!


42 posted on 01/31/2024 3:09:17 AM PST by equaviator (If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
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To: anthropocene_x

...while others eat crow...



43 posted on 01/31/2024 3:58:35 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: anthropocene_x

“Getting us into disastrous “free trade” agreements to hollow out the middle class to benefit CORPORATIONS.”

Corporations are people.

Widows know.


44 posted on 01/31/2024 3:58:46 AM PST by Does so ( 🇺🇦..."Christian-Nationalists" won WWII...Biden NOT NEXT DNC nominee!)
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To: Brian Griffin

Take him a case of Grant whiskey while you’re there.


45 posted on 01/31/2024 3:59:36 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: cotton1706

There are still FAR too many RINOs in office and in positions of power within the Republican party. The RINO hunt must continue until every last one of them has been purged.


46 posted on 01/31/2024 4:08:39 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: anthropocene_x

I agree. I just wish somebody would clue in the U.S. Chamber of Crypto-Fascist, Crony-Commerce.


47 posted on 01/31/2024 4:43:19 AM PST by batazoid (Plainclothes cop at Capital during Jan 6 riot...)
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To: cotton1706

——Lakshya ——

Gay era AA AA


48 posted on 01/31/2024 4:46:20 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: cotton1706

They merely lie in wait to once again sabotage their nemesis.


49 posted on 01/31/2024 4:58:33 AM PST by Rlsau1
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To: Brian Griffin

“I will vote for DeSantis in the Florida primary if possible.”

Talk about being slow on the uptake.

L


50 posted on 01/31/2024 5:42:35 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: WeaslesRippedMyFlesh

Nobody wants millions of illegal immigrants either…. Even the immigrants are up in arms.


51 posted on 01/31/2024 5:54:43 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: Brian Griffin

Your an idiot.


52 posted on 01/31/2024 5:58:26 AM PST by OneVike ( Just another Christian waiting to go homeu)
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To: anthropocene_x

(The Bush Cheney Romney establishment Republicans were crooks and scoundrels)

🔝🔝


53 posted on 01/31/2024 6:29:41 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Brian Griffin

Duh


54 posted on 01/31/2024 6:49:38 AM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: cotton1706

3D chess
How did he make Christie gain the weight?


55 posted on 01/31/2024 9:15:26 AM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: cotton1706

Are the dim/FBI grooming a Hinckley..just in case?


56 posted on 01/31/2024 9:20:06 AM PST by Leep (I've got a virus twice in one month. Should i lock myself down for 2 yrs. Just to be safe?)
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To: cotton1706

Mitch McConnell isn’t defering. He is a liar. He needs to be replaced.


57 posted on 01/31/2024 10:25:07 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: lurk

You can count them on one hand in the senate and two in the house.

Trump may have put a dent in the establishment but he has not defeated these cockroaches yet. They still control the levers of power at the national level and at the state level and they WILL throw the 24 election in a vain attempt to keep Trump out of office. They have betrayed time and again and I see no reason they will change their ways.


58 posted on 01/31/2024 11:34:04 AM PST by sarge83
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To: armourenthusiast

Absolutely. As a Trump supporter I will be happy to vote for Mr. DeSantis. In 2028....


59 posted on 01/31/2024 12:20:01 PM PST by Mtner195
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To: cotton1706

fine with me


60 posted on 01/31/2024 12:20:01 PM PST by dontsteponsnake
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