Republican leaders want a show of unity. Will Trump allow it?

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2 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

I believe you know my opinion of Trump. My comment was not so much about him, but rather about the voters.

 

Ultimately, a whole lot of Americans voted for him despite his many faults. And while Biden won, it was not by a landslide, and given public attention span, not an assured repeat in four years' time.

 

The poster I was replying to commented on 'rational' Republicans. You yourself posted more than once links reviewing the prevalence of belief in various conspiracy theories (most notably, QAnon) among Republican and Trump voters. Doubtful all will come to their senses by the next elections.

So was mine. I was just citing voter attitudes to support the notion that 4 years from now, voters may forget a lot of the demerits associated with Trump. That said, George W. had the good sense to behave decently once he was out of office. I doubt Trump is capable of controlling himself or even sees the need to do so..

[rudi49jr]

2 hours ago, Morch said:

Alright. How many rational Republicans are there? Certainly a whole lot of Republicans voted for Trump in the first place, and even more surprisingly (or not) more did so the second time around, when most of the stuff mentioned was already public knowledge.

I still think that quite a few Republicans did not so much vote for Trump but much more anti-Democrat. Many of them will never ever in a million years, for whatever reason, vote Democrat, so they will always vote for whatever candidate the Republican party comes up with, even if the candidate is as horrible as Trump. They would literally vote for the devil, if that was the Republican candidate, to avoid voting for a Democrat.

[nobodysfriend]

10 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

I still think that quite a few Republicans did not so much vote for Trump but much more anti-Democrat. Many of them will never ever in a million years, for whatever reason, vote Democrat, so they will always vote for whatever candidate the Republican party comes up with, even if the candidate is as horrible as Trump. They would literally vote for the devil, if that was the Republican candidate, to avoid voting for a Democrat.

May be in 4 yrs from now , the re will be an alternative party  to vote for ... the ' American Patriots ' founded by Trump .

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

May be in 4 yrs from now , the re will be an alternative party  to vote for ... the ' American Patriots ' founded by Trump .

Nah. The former president guy just put that out there as a threat. Everyone knows if he did that the republican side would be fatally divided. The former president guy wants to keep on being the grand poobah of the republican party and so far his plan is working very well for him. But the downside for the Republicans is that they'll be putting out many of his loyalists that will have no chance of beating the democratic opponent. The only chance for the Republicans to come back into federal power is doubling down on anti majoritarian state voting laws. Unfortunately for the future of American democracy the pro voter suppression authoritarian republican party largely controls things at state levels. 

Edited February 28, 2021 by Jingthing

[Surelynot]

On 2/26/2021 at 3:00 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

Trump’s title is Mr President, it is a courtesy,  he is not ‘President Trump’.

 

 

I use another term....but I am fed up of being banned.

[Surelynot]

On 2/26/2021 at 2:55 AM, Berkshire said:

55555....don't these Republicans ever get it?  With Trump, there is no such thing as a team.  It's about him and nothing else matters.

There is no i in team......and no f in way.

[Sujo]

The question should not be will trump allow it. Will repubs allow it.

 

Yes they will, they are spineless racists.

[rudi49jr]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Unfortunately for the future of American democracy the pro voter suppression authoritarian republican party largely controls things at state levels

They are very busy in 33 states to tighten the screws already, to make it more and more difficult to vote, even though even a vast majority (62%) of Republican voters don’t want to see that happen. What a wonderful party! 

[ExpatOK]

President Trump will certainly allow it.  As long as his fellow Republicans support him as their leader no problem.  Already McConnell and Romney have changed tunes and said they will support Trump.

 

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mitch-mcconnell-elections-presidential-elections-2f1bafd09e81cff917036f2e5fd4dbea

Edited February 28, 2021 by ExpatOK

[stevenl]

33 minutes ago, ExpatOK said:

President Trump will certainly allow it.  As long as his fellow Republicans support him as their leader no problem.  Already McConnell and Romney have changed tunes and said they will support Trump.

 

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-mitch-mcconnell-elections-presidential-elections-2f1bafd09e81cff917036f2e5fd4dbea

Please show where the support from Romney is for Trump in his statement "

Recently, Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, a longtime Trump opponent, predicted the former president would win the nomination if he ran again.

“I don’t know if he’ll run in 2024 or not, but if he does, I’m pretty sure he will win the nomination,” Romney said during an online forum hosted by The New York Times."

[OneMoreFarang]

That's the current status of the Trump party. No, it's not a joke.

It reminds me of a similar story from about 2000 years ago...

 

 

[ExpatOK]

15 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

That's the current status of the Trump party. No, it's not a joke.

It reminds me of a similar story from about 2000 years ago...

 

 

 

So now it's "Gold man bad", eh?  ????

Edited February 28, 2021 by ExpatOK

[Surelynot]

8 minutes ago, ExpatOK said:

 

So now it's "Gold man bad", eh?  ????

Made in Mexico with the help of three Mexican guys

[candide]

49 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Made in Mexico with the help of three Mexican guys

El Trump de oro! 

[Tug]

1 hour ago, ExpatOK said:

 

So now it's "Gold man bad", eh?  ????

Na he earned that title by getting 500,000 + Americans killed by cowardice incompetence and dereliction of his oath of office it is funney tho that the Republican Party has sunk so low that they have a cartoon caricature for a leader hummmm?

[Surelynot]

Nice line from the Guardian.......

 

Democrats couldn’t hope for a more perfect foil – a defeated one-term president who never cracked 47% of the popular vote, left office with just 39% approval and is now hovering at an abysmal 34%, whom most Americans dislike or loathe, and a majority believe incited an insurrection against the United States.

 

Boom!