▲ 220 ▼ ‘We Are All Afraid’: Republican Senator Admits Colleagues Are Terrified of Being Punished for Criticizing Trump (www.mediaite.com) submitted 1 year ago by Allonzee@lemmy.world to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments Murkowski openly admitted that she and her Republican colleagues were “all afraid” of “retaliation” from Trump, as she criticized his policies.
[+] floo@retrolemmy.com 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) I'm also not holding me breath, but we also can't pretend that Trump 2.0 is not objectively much worse than Trump 1.0. He did some sketchy, asinine and hateful shit in his first term, but he's fully trying to be a dictator now and he's well on his way to getting there. He's unilaterally making decisions that are wrecking the economy, trashing human rights, and he's blatantly breaking the law and ignoring the courts to do it. And people are pissed, even republican voters. If ever there was a time for them to step up, now is that time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago He's unilaterally making decisions that are wrecking the economy, trashing human rights, and he's blatantly breaking the law and ignoring the courts to do it. The real problem here is that Trump was doing all of this in his first term too. He didn't face any consequences for it then, so it's hard to take the thought he'll see consequences for it now seriously. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) I'm also not holding me breath, but we also can't pretend that Trump 2.0 is not objectively much worse than Trump 1.0. He did some sketchy, asinine and hateful shit in his first term, but he's fully trying to be a dictator now and he's well on his way to getting there. He's unilaterally making decisions that are wrecking the economy, trashing human rights, and he's blatantly breaking the law and ignoring the courts to do it. And people are pissed, even republican voters. If ever there was a time for them to step up, now is that time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago He's unilaterally making decisions that are wrecking the economy, trashing human rights, and he's blatantly breaking the law and ignoring the courts to do it. The real problem here is that Trump was doing all of this in his first term too. He didn't face any consequences for it then, so it's hard to take the thought he'll see consequences for it now seriously. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago He's unilaterally making decisions that are wrecking the economy, trashing human rights, and he's blatantly breaking the law and ignoring the courts to do it. The real problem here is that Trump was doing all of this in his first term too. He didn't face any consequences for it then, so it's hard to take the thought he'll see consequences for it now seriously. permalink fedilink source parent