Trump's Party Still - Why?

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Trump Sent a Mob to His Office. Now He’s Kissing Don’s Ass

Darn.
What's wrong with your country?
(I know, a similar question about mine is just as appropriate)

It first struck me when I heard how Trump talks about science and medical specialists - like his mindset was so focused on "who's the bigger bully?" that it never crossed his mind to ask "who's right?"
He seemed to interpret scientists contradicting his claims only in terms of bullies trying to intimidate him. No other perspectives.
Sad to see the mindset to be much more common.

That's why I'm hoping the impeachment in February will be successful. I'm not counting on it, but it would be nice. Of course, it's good enough that the orange ape is out of the Oval Office, and also shut out of Twitter, Facebook and apparently Instagram (according to a friend of mine). Either he will be a threat again in four years, or he won't, but that's still well enough away that I'm not going to fret about it either way.

Besides, impeachment is not the only way Donald can be barred from running again. There will undoubtedly be other legal proceedings that follow, some of which won't have biased Republicans presiding over them. Should any of it put him in jail for a period of time that will extend to the point in time when he would be campaigning, he will literally be barred from it. Regardless of what happens, some debt collectors are due to break his legs in the not so distant future, and a lot of places are not doing business with him, which is significantly impact his bottom line.

Actually, I doubt the financial side of things will truly cripple Donald as many of his supporters are likely dumb enough to fund his campaign if he runs again. But, who knows what other effects that will have on him and the various aspects of his life? He's not a young guy anymore either, and there are bound to be medical consequences for his tendency to boil over every time things don't go his way. Plus, money is the most important thing to him, so that his businesses are tanking can't be good for his overall well-being.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality

Trump only played the role of a "leader"----and he played it poorly.

He's a dictator-wannabe with no actual skills in governing a nation.

He belongs in jail & to be forgotten.

But even cartel bosses call the shots and run their empires from jail.

Republican politicians may fear for their lives if they convict him of his crimes - which is crazy on so many different levels - because trump could command the maga mob to murder them.

He's old and in bad shape. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll just die soon and then we don't have to worry about what crazy crap he might attempt.

As for Democrats being the lesser of two evils for the foreseeable future.. duh! The party that works towards social, racial, and income equality, healthcare for all citizens and so forth is CLEARLY better for the masses of the American public than the party that does whatever it can to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few, stokes racial division, and refuses to provide the very basics of civilized society to citizens that all other developed nations on the face of the earth give their people.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

For the record, I do not want Donald Trump dead, just humiliated or perhaps merely humbled.

However, I doubt that the words "I was wrong. I am sorry" will ever fall from those suppurating lips.

Not many Republicans in office with a moral spine anymore. There's no courage in bowing to the lunatic wing of the party. It takes real moral courage to tell said lunatic wing that they're dead wrong, like Liz Cheney. Crap, I can't believe I'm actually praising Liz Cheney!! !

I'd suggest that the reason Mr McCarthy (and others) are talking to Mr Trump would have a number of causes. A couple of main reasons being:

The first would be the realization that the media reporting Mr Trump incited the riot (as well as many other topics in the past) was not born out by later evidence - The Pipebombs were placed the evening before his speech, FBI investigations have determined the invasion of the building had been planned and prepared for days\weeks in advance, and most obviously - Had he been inciting an attack, the majority of those at his speech would have been involved (After all, they are frequently portrayed as blindly following him, and so under that assumption would be expected to do whatever he asked). For the most part, the "dog whistles" frequently mentioned regarding his words appear only "audible" to a tiny portion of his supporters, and a much larger portion of his detractors, indicating those people aren't listening to what is said, but rather what they wish to believe is being said...If a "dog whistle" isn't detected (and acted on) by the majority of those being spoken to, then it wasn't there to begin with.

Secondly, Mr Trump isn't the "cause" of the revival of the conservative\right wing (or more accurately, populist side) of politics, but is a symptom - He simply listened to what a large number of people were saying, which was ignored by the media and many other politicians, and ran on a platform that addressed what those people saw as being problems (within the constraints of the party he represented). Even on this site, you see a large portion of the membership ignoring (or attacking) those who may have a different view on subjects, rather than listening to what they are saying and trying to hold a conversation with them to understand what they are trying to say and either coming to a mutual understanding, or at the least agreeing to civilly "agree to disagree". As a result, this vocal group have no insight into what those they repeatedly silence and belittle actually believe, nor the reason behind beliefs, and instead rely on their own assumptions, and so generally come to false conclusing based on their flawed assumptions\lack of knowledge on the subject - Consider how often "MAGAs" is used to denigrate a person (or group) rather than the person using it making any attempt to hold a civil discussion with\about the target of the term...

At this point, there are 2 likley outcomes for the Republican party: work with Mr Trump in order to try and understand his supporters (mostly low income\poorer people who the 2 parties had previously taken for granted - look at where the individual donations to each party came from) and what they want and to tailor the party's policies more towards this section of the population which both parties had previously ignored, or risk (as happened following the 1824 election) Mr Trump setting up his own party.

While to those on the left, this second option may seem a "good" thing, breaking up the vote from the right, it would also allow the new party to better target those voters on the left, not being restrained\limited by policies\positions which the Republican party held. By being able to attack the Republican party over various policies, it would have the possibility to entice Democrat voters away from the Democrat party as well, so weakening their platform. Additionally, were they to nominate "everyday" people as candidates for the seats in both houses (rather than career politicians), for example, they would have a lot of freedom to attack incumbant politicians from both sides over the money they have made while "serving the people" above what their salary is (which would likely appeal to a sizeable portion of the left).

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Regardless of the pipe bombs being planted prior to Trump's actual speech, they had been planted by the same fanatics who came to listen to him.
No, Trump hadn't started the wildfire of populist right wing outrage, but that doesn't excuse him from desperately trying to unleash that hoard of fanatics who had tried to stop Biden's election by taking over the capitol and lynching elected representatives.