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This would be a good time for 1/2 doz Republican Reps and a few Senators to jump ship. (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Sunday OP
everyone agrees rampartd Sunday #1
The longer Trump is allowed to break laws without consequences, the harder it becomes to put a stop to it. Jim__ Sunday #2
The media normalized his criminality years ago Hitorque Sunday #5
But not of nature NameAlreadyTaken 9 hrs ago #22
If McConnel, Lindsey Graham and McCarthy would havd stood their ground on doc03 Sunday #3
That ain't happening Hitorque Sunday #4
If they do it, don't announce until it's done. OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #6
Why would they do that? JBTaurus83 Sunday #7
Right now, they only care about staying in power and kissing Dump's ass sakabatou Sunday #8
As you know, they don't care. So, not happening. Maru Kitteh Sunday #9
CRAP. Susan Collins will be running in 2026. eppur_se_muova Sunday #10
She originally ran on term limits. I think that was 5 terms ago. OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #11
She may be gutless... sheshe2 8 hrs ago #26
We ought to start mid-term primaries by summer, assuming we are still alive. Silent Type Sunday #12
repubs are on the winning side with the best messaging. why quit? 47 is taking all the heat msongs Sunday #13
I don't believe that actually. Many believe, but those that don't are probab;y fearful for themselves and their family' OAITW r.2.0 10 hrs ago #19
My thoughts exactly! n/t returnee Monday #14
Kinda disappointed that more DUers are not on this thread. OAITW r.2.0 10 hrs ago #15
They won't JustAnotherGen 10 hrs ago #16
The ugly reality. The crime boss is in control and Elon helped! OAITW r.2.0 10 hrs ago #17
It would be, except that the Republicans have literally gone insane. ananda 10 hrs ago #18
The only "good time" they lived up to was finally after Watergate, maybe some at Civil Rights. UTUSN 9 hrs ago #20
I don't believe this. I think there are Republicans in our Congress that do not want OAITW r.2.0 9 hrs ago #21
If I were them, I'd jump with as many as I could take with me. House and Senate. halobeam 9 hrs ago #23
Jeffries is sending them out to their home towns and directing them Eyeball_Kid 7 hrs ago #29
None will, I am certain of that Meowmee 9 hrs ago #24
The reasonable ones got primaried. Kid Berwyn 8 hrs ago #25
It's not just "giving a shit." Eyeball_Kid 7 hrs ago #27
and that one Democrat...or more stillcool 7 hrs ago #28
Musk said he would primary them, and will get death threats. Irish_Dem 2 hrs ago #30
How about six in each House switch to Democrat? Jit423 2 hrs ago #31
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. n/t elocs 1 hr ago #32
Except they don't Bettie 1 hr ago #33

Jim__

(14,574 posts)
2. The longer Trump is allowed to break laws without consequences, the harder it becomes to put a stop to it.
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 06:21 PM
Sunday

He has to be stopped now! Or, he will be our new dictator.

doc03

(37,303 posts)
3. If McConnel, Lindsey Graham and McCarthy would havd stood their ground on
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 06:22 PM
Sunday

J7th we wouldn't be in this mess. If Garland and the SCOTUS had done their job, we wouldn't either.
I don't see any Republicans now with a backbone.

Hitorque

(175 posts)
4. That ain't happening
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 06:26 PM
Sunday

One thing I envy about Republicans is they ALWAYS know when it's time to fall in line or circle the wagons...

OAITW r.2.0

(29,263 posts)
6. If they do it, don't announce until it's done.
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 06:28 PM
Sunday

I think the entire party is captive now and fearful of the consequences to betray Trump.

JBTaurus83

(44 posts)
7. Why would they do that?
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 06:29 PM
Sunday

They are all fascists. We need to stop hoping a Repig will do anything good.

Maru Kitteh

(29,491 posts)
9. As you know, they don't care. So, not happening.
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 06:52 PM
Sunday

The GeeOhPee had a real moment to wrest back their party and permanently neutralize this felonious self-fellator when he was impeached for January 6. They did not capitalize.

eppur_se_muova

(38,134 posts)
10. CRAP. Susan Collins will be running in 2026.
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 06:57 PM
Sunday

After she objected to Turnip's tariffs (ME relies on natural gas from Canada, and it's damned cold up there right now, and ME has one of the poorest populations among US states) I felt a small glimmer of hope that she might consider becoming an Independent, like Angus King, the junior senator (who also served two terms as Governor). Doesn't look at all likely now.

OAITW r.2.0

(29,263 posts)
11. She originally ran on term limits. I think that was 5 terms ago.
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 07:02 PM
Sunday

She's gutless. The polar opposite of another Republican Senator, Margaret Chase Smith.

sheshe2

(89,185 posts)
26. She may be gutless...
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:50 AM
8 hrs ago

however she is extremely concerned. Very, very concerned and that outweighs her gutlessness.

OAITW r.2.0

(29,263 posts)
19. I don't believe that actually. Many believe, but those that don't are probab;y fearful for themselves and their family'
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:43 PM
10 hrs ago

lives. That is our political reality. The criminals are in control.

OAITW r.2.0

(29,263 posts)
15. Kinda disappointed that more DUers are not on this thread.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:36 PM
10 hrs ago

There has to be a dozen Republicans in Congress that understand what the Trump Presidency is going to do their families' futures. That can't be this naive....can they?

ananda

(31,176 posts)
18. It would be, except that the Republicans have literally gone insane.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:41 PM
10 hrs ago

They are deeply, mentally ill, likely beyond help
or redemption.

UTUSN

(73,158 posts)
20. The only "good time" they lived up to was finally after Watergate, maybe some at Civil Rights.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:21 PM
9 hrs ago

Just enough to keep us on the hook. Different time, vestige of belief in democracy is going fast now.




OAITW r.2.0

(29,263 posts)
21. I don't believe this. I think there are Republicans in our Congress that do not want
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:25 PM
9 hrs ago

to take this country where Trump is taking it. Time will tell.

halobeam

(4,908 posts)
23. If I were them, I'd jump with as many as I could take with me. House and Senate.
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:44 PM
9 hrs ago

Not sure how all of them would be disappeared.. idk, power in numbers seems all they got left. And I can’t believe either that they all want this direction. Likely more do not, than do.

It’s now or never for them, really, if that were the case.

Of course maybe most of them are blackmailed and would be destroyed, rather than disappeared. Isn’t that how Putin deals, gets dirt on them?

Guess time could tell, eventually. Who knows.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,604 posts)
29. Jeffries is sending them out to their home towns and directing them
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 01:05 AM
7 hrs ago

to do town halls. It's collective action. Millions are screaming for a national movement.

Meowmee

(6,806 posts)
24. None will, I am certain of that
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:54 PM
9 hrs ago

Our fate is in our hands now to stop this with whoever will help.

Kid Berwyn

(18,982 posts)
25. The reasonable ones got primaried.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:43 AM
8 hrs ago

The replacements got “common sense.” Meaning: They're all treasonous.

Perhaps the public can pressure a few, but their real motivation is fear of King Dipshit.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,604 posts)
27. It's not just "giving a shit."
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 01:02 AM
7 hrs ago

There likely are a half dozen or so Republican members of Congress for which "jumping ship", or at least actively opposing Trump, resonates with their "life script"-- or a sequence of metaphors--and places them in an advantageous position where a "whole-ness" with one's self is possible. In some respects, this sounds like a bunch of hokum, but sometimes odd things drive people to act. You know this: Trump's "decisions" are getting increasingly loopy. And you know that, in restaurants all over New York and DC, Republicans are talking. They are being curt with their phrasing, but they're all saying the same thing: we didn't want all of this to happen. They'll talk to the press in a different way, but when the press isn't around, it's a different story. That's how people are, no matter the political leaning.

stillcool

(33,090 posts)
28. and that one Democrat...or more
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 01:04 AM
7 hrs ago

people are people...ya never know. There were Republicans the last time around that changed their tune. I'm sure they're all not totally in the loop, and the earth might be moving under their feet as well.

Irish_Dem

(62,855 posts)
30. Musk said he would primary them, and will get death threats.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 06:26 AM
2 hrs ago

Also lose all the bribe money and election rigging.

Jit423

(775 posts)
31. How about six in each House switch to Democrat?
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 06:31 AM
2 hrs ago

They won't have to worry about primaries for the cult. Dems will vote for them during primaries and during the national elections. They just need to help us save our democracy and nation.

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