Hours before former President Trump is scheduled to close out this year’s CPAC — which will be Trump’s first major address since leaving office and inciting the mob behind the deadly Capitol insurrection last month — a few Republican lawmakers came forward on Sunday morning to warn their party against viewing the GOP as solely “Trump’s party.”
They’re also hoping for the tides to cease and the flat earth to stop spinning.
I think it’s easy to roll your eyes at this, these guys are the usual suspects to some extent lately, but I don’t think you should just dismiss it. I think Trump’s influence took a huge if only momentarily acknowledged hit on January 6th, and it’s been waning just in the short time since. Today may be a bit of a last hurrah for him, but I doubt very much he’ll grow in influence or maintain the questionable amount he has now. A lot of people have criticized Trump publicly and lived to tell the tale. Cheney, Haley, McConnell, these are not nobodies and fringe figures. Whatever you hear in public, multiply that by about fifty to arrive at an idea of what’s said in private. The question is whether people like Hawley can get any traction with things as they are. Trump himself is done.
“Let me put it this way. We have got to win in two years, we have got to win in four years. If we do that, we will do that by speaking to those issues that are important to the American people,” Cassidy said.” And there’s a lot of issues important to them right now,
I don’t need Republicans to speak on the issue, broach the subject, agree with a concern, I want to read your policy plans. I want to know what method with means available to Congress to address “issue X,Y, or Z”. I don’t want to know that you feel may pain, acknowledge my worry, or any other pablum to rest my weary mind.
Voters need to be reminded that Republicans win elections, then do nothing for them. There’s no shortage of examples to show them.
I saw the Cassidy interview. Dodgy about whether he would support Trump if he got to be nominee, but clearly against it. At the same time, he plays the same old Republican game. Nasty swipes at Biden for not supposedly not letting Republicans have a say in the stimulus package. Predictable. They have nothing to offer but grievance.
As above. They brought nothing to the table but laughable reductions on Biden’s stimulus. Yet 70+% of the country want it, and that includes 60% of Republicans.
I hate to sound cynical, but, I have found that I cannot accurately separate the realities of Trump from the lies.
I cannot.
It has little to do with Trump. Granted, at first, his charisma was underestimated as a demagogic force…But it is the Production around Trump which is fascinating. It is said that the Allies had false “landing forces” all set up, which were supposed to fool people. Trump has a Crew devoted to using his symbolisms to do a host of nefarious acts. Acts that we all know about. And maybe the term “crew” is too miniscule.
And maybe it all comes down to Moscow McConnell and his decision to get judges to rule POC back 150 years
All they have to do is prevent Democrats from voting. This is the most coherent plan they have going forward, and all the while most Republican voters continue to believe the Big Lie that Biden stole the election.
Question: At what point did "revolving around T**** " become a death spiral?
Answer: January 6th, 2021
This is fascinating. McConnell is, per usual, playing a duplicitous game. Initially saying Trump is “morally responsible” for the insurrection and that he committed "a disgraceful, disgraceful dereliction of duty” to yeah, I can support him for President, but I’m a bit surprised at Scott. Not only acknowledging Biden legitimately won the election, but that he’ll oppose Trump if Trump commits to challenging Republican incumbents. I suppose he sees the dangers of a divided Republican primary.
Regarding Portman, who cares? A smart guy without an ounce of moral fiber, who’s out the door anyway. Sort of a more polished Rubio, and that’s not a compliment.
Republicans throwing a brushback pitch at Trump before his first big speech since leaving the Presidency is something I hadn’t anticipated.
It is what it is: Trump is loser liar. Can we not find a Republican candidate who has integrity, character, and actual policies? Someone who does not want to run for POTUS for his or her personal profits? Someone who is not a crybaby? Someone who does not need to worshiped and adored? Someone who has integrity and a decent character? Someone who is not a racist?
Personally, I hope they keep licking the boots of the Golf Cheatin’ Loser.
The American people will not vote for cowards
Trump is using you stupid fuckers to help pay off his debts.
That is ok cause you can’t think for yourselves and you hate yourselves cause you are stupid.
They may have a hint at what they are about to hear. 
Scott is the only new and interesting one. Richer than Trump (at least he was before the recent MAGAt welfare), just as evil and just as criminal as Trump himself, but with the charisma of Lurch. I’ve got no idea what happens next.
paging Gerald Ford.
Wow. This is…bad. Really bad considering it’s a CPAC participant poll.
FWIW, Scott said very much the same thing during an interview on NPR back on the 24th. Mary Louise Kelly tried to get Scott to say how Trump could be helpful, and the strong sense I got was that Scott wanted to say, “He could just butt out.”
Considering that CPAC is to the Right of Hess, I would say that that is Bad News for Trump.