Acquitted again by Senate, Trump still a powerful force in Republican politics

[onthedarkside]

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Acquitted again by Senate, Trump still a powerful force in Republican politics

[thaibeachlovers]

9 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Just trying to help you not be so confused...

 

Fox has news shows that are often times pointing to truth which does not favor Trump and they have opinion shows like Hannity and Carlson and Dobbs... which will tell you T. pees gold if thats what he wants to portray... T. is widely known as not paying his contractors and workers, forcing them to sue him, which is expensive so most don't bother, bankruptcies that leave others losing $$... etc etc.. when accused of rape he does not say I am not a rapist, he says she is not my type, not pretty enough... 

 

So, if character is an issue of import, that is why many people don't like him... 

All of which does not explain what he was saying. He didn't say anything about Trump's business practices, which are nothing to do with Fox.

[1FinickyOne]

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

All of which does not explain what he was saying. He didn't say anything about Trump's business practices, which are nothing to do with Fox.

yes, that is my point - anything appalling that T. might do, Fox has nothing to do with it.. 

[Rimmer]

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[Blue Muton]

On 2/15/2021 at 9:06 AM, EVENKEEL said:

if it hadn't been for covid, you'd still have DJT as the POTUS.

If 80 million people hadn't voted against him he'd still be president.

[Jeffr2]

33 minutes ago, Blue Muton said:

If 80 million people hadn't voted against him he'd still be president.

But he's right. If Trump dealt with the virus better, he'd still be President. Sadly.

[Berkshire]

10 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

But he's right. If Trump dealt with the virus better, he'd still be President. Sadly.

Possibly....but we'll never know.  We can say that Hillary would have won in 2016 if not for the Russians.  But we'll never know.  I will say that America really dodged a bullet.  US institutions held up, but another 4 years of Trump and I wouldn't be so sure.  Trump would have completely corrupted the system.  And he'd already mentioned wanting a 3rd term.  We can all sleep much better knowing the current POTUS can be trusted to uphold the US constitution and rule of law. 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, Blue Muton said:

If 80 million people hadn't voted against him he'd still be president.

LOL. Do you even know that the US elects presidents with the electoral college and not the popular vote?

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5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. Do you even know that the US elects presidents with the electoral college and not the popular vote?

Thanks for the pointless pedantry. You must have worked really hard not to undersand  what Blue Muton was replying to.

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On 2/15/2021 at 7:05 PM, Neeranam said:

Surely he's too old to run again? No one over 75 is fit to be the leader.

75 million Trump voters would disagree with you. 

[EVENKEEL]

28 minutes ago, placeholder said:

75 million Trump voters would disagree with you. 

As compared to biden's voters    LOL, 

[earlinclaifornia]

On 2/17/2021 at 12:29 PM, EVENKEEL said:

As compared to biden's voters    LOL, 

Right, worry about those socialist but if you don't come together your dead in the water.

 

Lindsey Graham Tells Hannity ‘I’m More Worried About 2022 Than I’ve Ever Been’ Because of Trump-McConnell Feud

 

I agree, the best Republicans offer is trump / lindell 2024

RINO plus trump = oxymoron

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[Jeffr2]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

LOL. Do you even know that the US elects presidents with the electoral college and not the popular vote?

Many states are now trying the popular vote to their electoral college votes. Probably more going to do so in the future.

 

Change is desperately needed. As proven by this recent fiasco.

[xylophone]

2 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

But he's right. If Trump dealt with the virus better, he'd still be President. Sadly.

Not so sure about that, because people can only follow an incompetent lying fool for so long, before they get wise to him and his ignorant and corrupt ways.

 

Other bits of information, like that recently mentioned by Dr Fauci, where this incompetent president waved aside professional medical advice and listened to friends about crackpot Covid cures, and more details about the $2.5 million stolen from charities, and his continued support of the Proud Boys, amongst other misdemeanours, would surely have made some people think that they'd made a mistake with this choice.

 

Not only that, because he's not that intelligent, he would surely have made more mistakes for which he would be held accountable.

 

And as for re-election down the line.......I believe it depends upon what is uncovered about his financial dealings, and those of his family, and I don't believe they will be a pretty sight, although his followers would still support him even if he shot someone in the street!

 

How did America sink this low?

[Surelynot]

Just now, xylophone said:

Not so sure about that, because people can only follow an incompetent lying fool for so long,

It is surprising how long they will follow a fool though...look at the UK...Johnson's ratings have rocketed simply due to the vaccine success.

[EVENKEEL]

On 2/17/2021 at 1:14 PM, earlinclaifornia said:

Right, worry about those socialist but if you don't come together your dead in the water. 

 

Lindsey Graham Tells Hannity ‘I’m More Worried About 2022 Than I’ve Ever Been’ Because of Trump-McConnell Feud

 

I agree, the best Republicans offer is trump / lindell 2024

RINO plus trump = oxymoron

 

Please read the posts before you reply, yours has zero to do with post I replied to.

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3 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

As compared to biden's voters    LOL, 

Do I really have to explain to you that the claim that 75 is too old would mean that Trump would sometime in his 2nd term be disqualified under that limitation? Yet Trump won the support of 75 million voters. 

[Surelynot]

6 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Yet Trump won the support of 75 million voters. 

Let's hope he gets just as many votes in 2024....555

[earlinclaifornia]

Plaskett insists Trump will 'never be elected again' despite impeachment acquittal

 

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/plaskett-insists-trump-never-elected-191400278.html

[earlinclaifornia]

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

Please read the posts before you reply, yours has zero to do with post I replied to.

I do understand all of your post...

[Jeffr2]

On 2/17/2021 at 4:35 PM, earlinclaifornia said:

Plaskett insists Trump will 'never be elected again' despite impeachment acquittal

 

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/plaskett-insists-trump-never-elected-191400278.html

 

Let's not forget all the legal issues Trump has. A few are quite serious and would kill his chances of ever getting back into office.

[Rimmer]

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[Surelynot]

2 minutes ago, earlinclaifornia said:

If you know something I am missing pray tell?

Storm the Capitol?

[Jeffr2]

You are aware many were just voting against Biden. And many have abandoned Trump after his seditious acts.

 

Wait until Trump is tried in a real court where they follow the law.

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[earlinclaifornia]

5 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

You are aware many were just voting against Biden. And many have abandoned Trump after his seditious acts.

 

Wait until Trump is tried in a real court where they follow the law.

100's of thousands have left the Republican Party since the 6th, Independents like my self are the ones benefiting

[Phoenix Rising]

So the few remaining GOP reps with anything resembling a spine will be shown the door? Hopefully that will spur them on to establish a new conservative party grownups can vote for and the GOP as we know it will cease to exist and complete the metamorphosis into far right, howling at the moon, nutter party - from elephant to dung beetle, if you like.

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[Jeffr2]

2 minutes ago, Phoenix Rising said:

So the few remaining GOP reps with anything resembling a spine will be shown the door? Hopefully that will spur them on to establish a new conservative party grownups can vote for and the GOP as we know it will cease to exist and complete the metamorphosis into far right, howling at the moon, nutter party - from elephant to dung beetle, if you like.

I'd love to see the GOP get back to it's roots. Having members of the party attack each other is horrible. RINOs? Come on. Sounds like a term 4th graders use. Traditional conservatives would run the nutters out of the door if they,mentioned Qanon.

 

Small government. Low taxes. Strong international trade. Balanced budget. Support for workers. And no liars.

[EVENKEEL]

32 minutes ago, earlinclaifornia said:

100's of thousands have left the Republican Party since the 6th, Independents like my self are the ones benefiting

Interesting, please share a link. 

[Salerno]

11 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Interesting, please share a link. 

 

Trend does appear to be interesting; both parties dropping with independents picking the numbers up:

 

https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

[EVENKEEL]

23 hours ago, Salerno said:

 

Trend does appear to be interesting; both parties dropping with independents picking the numbers up:

 

https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

The claim was 100's of thousands have left the republican party since the 6th. Earl made the claim.