Inside the GOP’s week from hell

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Found this interesting to read from a Republican insider pundent who's run several Conservative Republican organizations

POLITICO Playbook: Inside the GOP’s week from hell
 

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..The big question for the GOP going forward is how last week’s events will reorder Republican politics. Specifically, how much power will Trump wield after he leaves office?

Republicans, at least the ones I spoke with, are unanimous in the view that Trump’s role in inciting his diehards has undermined his influence. The question is how much. Some say that we’ve lived through plenty of Trump scandals that haven’t loosened his grip on the party.

But before the election, Trump had a claim to a series of accomplishments Republicans could tout — from overseeing the confirmation of hundreds of new federal judges and three Supreme Court justices to defying conventional wisdom on the Middle East and China in ways that are likely to endure, at least in the GOP.

That won’t be his legacy. Rather, I suspect any accomplishments will be entirely overshadowed by his unwillingness to concede and his decision to incite a mob.

 

 

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Expect Trump is seething today  as PGA has stripped Trump Bedminster of 2022 PGA Championship.  Expect Trump to sue them.

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7 hours ago, NRSKarenRN said:

Expect Trump is seething today  as PGA has stripped Trump Bedminster of 2022 PGA Championship.  Expect Trump to sue them.

And so the consequences of his actions as a private citizen begins!

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11 hours ago, SummerGarden said:

And so the consequences of his actions as a private citizen begins!

and they have only just begun.

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I don't really think his popularity will wane, he's done so many shocking and negative things over the past four years and that only increases his followers fervor. The man could do anything and half the country would still follow him, sadly.

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17 minutes ago, TheMoonisMyLantern said:

I don't really think his popularity will wane, he's done so many shocking and negative things over the past four years and that only increases his followers fervor. The man could do anything and half the country would still follow him, sadly.

No, not half the country.  This country is not split against or for Trump by 50%.  Trump only has high 30% to low 40% of the electorate's approval.  Thus, most of the electorate (60-70% of us) are against him.  In fact, in general Trump Supporters are largely White Supremacist.  Plus, cult leaders usually remain popular among the majority of their cult followers, but not all of them once the cult followers who are not bought into the ideology of the demigod are removed from the cult.

In any case, I was not referring to Trump's popularity. I was referring to his receiving harsh punishment from the rest of us in the real world, who are not a part of his cult.  For example, Trump will suffer financially because major corporations (and those of us not in his cult) will turn on his brand.  Also, Trump will suffer civilly because he will be sued left and right by individuals who felt harmed by him for past and present actions.  Moreover, Trump will also be prosecuted with the full extent of the law for past and present crimes.  None of which has anything to do with popularity.  All of which has to do with him finally being a civilian again and having to pay the consequences for his past and present amoral and criminal actions.

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