Once You’re In Trump’s GOP, He Won’t Let You Leave Without A Fight - TPM – Talking Points Memo

[discobot]

Embodying his mob boss cosplay to a cartoonish degree, Donald Trump over the weekend went after two of the handful of House Republicans who have opted to leave Congress early because being a member of the House Republican conference has become too annoying. (There are plenty of official reasons for these retirements and resignations, but many of the lawmakers who were once bright-eyed about legislating have also expressed exhaustion with operating in a perpetual state of near-shutdown while ostensibly in the majority.)

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1484915

[benthere]

Or, put another way: Fascism does not tolerate dissent.

[daled]

“Once You’re In Trump’s GOP, He Won’t Let You Leave Without A Fight Being Smeared”

FIFY

[Kurtywerty]

You know it’s a cult if they won’t let you leave.

[irasdad]

[rob_beatty_walters]

Anyone else see Orrin Hatch when first presented with a photo of Ken Buck? Or is it just me

[slagathor]

Let the cannibal, face-eating leopards eat their own.

[ClutchCargo]

@rob_beatty_walters

Anyone else see Orrin Hatch when first presented with a photo of Ken Buck? Or is it just me

My first thought as well.

[mondfledermaus]

[tindalos]

@discobot

Embodying his mob boss cosplay to a cartoonish degree, Donald Trump over the weekend went after

This has been his shtick for a very long time, alternating from oily con man or swinish swinger as the occasion seems to require.

[ClutchCargo]

It’s like the Captain of the Titanic preventing any crew or passengers from availing themselves of the lifeboats.

[tmulcaire]

“Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people.”

Wordy.

“Trump allies plot racism.”

FIFY. Seriously. The first version is one of a thousand euphemisms and circumlocutions that enable the media not to confront what is actually happening.

[not_so_fluffy]

Everything Trump Touches Dies.

It’s a rule when you sell your immortal soul. No Backsies.

[hoagie]

Not just you. I thought, isn’t he dead?

[not_so_fluffy]

And in other news about losers:

Trump Media stock tanks as new filing reveals heavy losses, 'greater risks'...

Somehow, it’s become an anti-meme stock. ETTD motherfuckers

[irasdad]

@hoagie

I thought, isn’t he dead?

Mrs. Hatch often thought that.

[uneducated]

@discobot

“Never forget our cowards and weaklings! Such a disgrace,

Five deferment knows about being a coward since he has perfected being a coward.

[kimaanderson]

That is what I immediately thought.

[BlackLodgeRefugee]

Raising Arizona put it best

[turdburgler]

If you are represented by a “decent” republican at any level, give’em a call and ask them when they are quitting the Trumpublican Party.

I live in VT and call popular anti-Trump GOP gov Scott’s office every couple of weeks to ask why he’s lending his good name to a fascist party. Really, it’s pols like Scott that allow the NYT and others to give the GOP the benefit of the doubt as a legitimate party.

Shame them.

Turn the trickle into a flood.

The NYT might even notice.