The GOP has had multiple chances to rid themselves of him and each time they chose to hug him closer.
The cowards can sink with him.
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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Let's also not forget that even before Trump came along at all the Republican party was an irredeemable pile of shitheads. People like Mitt Romney, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney, etc. were all in for years on sabotaging the government to make Democratic lawmakers look bad, stealing court seats, attacking people's voting rights, etc., and that's just recent memory. They all should have been unelectable since the 60s for things Goldwater and Nixon did.
Exactly. There was a time (before Trump) where I thought that the GOP could shake off the crazy and return to being a sane(ish) political party. Maybe not right on most issues, but at least supportive of democracy.
That time has long since passed. Their last opportunity was after January 6th. The Republicans could have located their spines, said "this is not okay," and could have tossed Trump from the party along with anyone who excused his insurrection attempt. Instead, they acted like they might do this for a couple of weeks before hugging Trump even closer.
They've embraced the crazy instead of tossing it aside and now they are stuck with it. May the entire party sink into obscurity known only by history students and really old folks who tell their grandkids about when a major political party tried to overthrow the elections. (And may those grandkids not believe us old folks because democracy is so strong that such a thing is unthinkable.)
Not only that, if the impeachment vote were somehow happening today I guarantee R would still vote to acquit.
When you chain yourself to a turd don’t be surprised when you come up covered in shit.
Thanks Mr Lahey. RIP
Ah, one of the rare shit-turds...
This is the monster they created and they did nothing for so long.
They did worse than nothing: they actively refused to hold him accountable for his actions.
Exactly this. Mitch McConnell claimed that impeachment wasn't appropriate because the court of law would be the better venue. Now, Trump's lawyers are arguing that the court of law isn't the appropriate venue, impeachment was.
It all basically seems to boil down to "however you try to hold Trump accountable, it's the wrong way!"
(But impeaching Joe Biden over a theory with zero evidence is totally fine to the Republicans.)
These guys literally came out of hiding on 01/06 and still voted to not certify. Think on that.