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Joinfortmill

(21,476 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:05 AM Apr 16

Remember: The Republican Congress could end this now. THEY REFUSE

Force them to forever wear the mantle of this despicable sexual predator, liar, and conman until the Republican Party is DEAD, DEAD, DEAD.

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Remember: The Republican Congress could end this now. THEY REFUSE (Original Post) Joinfortmill Apr 16 OP
They hath birthed Trump Man bucolic_frolic Apr 16 #1
And let the monster be monstrous from birth to old age. Festivito Apr 16 #4
Bunker mentality. No town halls. Suppressing the vote. Suppressing the media. lindysalsagal Apr 16 #2
The Republicans would love popsdenver Apr 16 #5
Yikes! Joinfortmill Apr 16 #8
AAUUGH! GiqueCee Apr 16 #9
Doubt they will get either as prezie, mwmisses4289 Apr 16 #13
Time will tell mw NC popsdenver Apr 19 #19
Groypers are waiting in the wings to influence the youth vote and take over. We need to keep an eye on them. ancianita Apr 16 #3
I read yesterday popsdenver Apr 19 #20
You bet. Figarosmom Apr 16 #6
They could have ended him at anytime in the last ten years. spanone Apr 16 #7
Mitch McConnell had two impeachments to end Trump agingdem Apr 16 #15
AND popsdenver Apr 19 #21
They fear the anonymous bomb threats. Justice matters. Apr 16 #17
They won't end this now, but if he doesn't change his policies (and he won't) current trends will continue, and the Fil1957 Apr 16 #10
Every Republican in office needs to pay with their seat even if they do abandon him. That party has a sickness Cheezoholic Apr 16 #12
I constantly remind "on the fence" or people I know didn't vote of this FACT. ITs not him, it's the Republicans Cheezoholic Apr 16 #11
BINGO Cheez popsdenver Apr 19 #22
Shout this EVERYDAY!! bluestarone Apr 16 #14
Why would they? BlueTsunami2018 Apr 16 #16
Right. They wouldn't. ancianita Apr 19 #24
75-80 million MAGA dunderhead Deplorable voters will NEVER let it die. Just like the Confederacy mentality NoMoreRepugs Apr 16 #18
All we have left is our vote. kentuck Apr 19 #23

bucolic_frolic

(55,578 posts)
1. They hath birthed Trump Man
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:22 AM
Apr 16

I'm sure they see no need to deviate from the monster they created. They will emulate when he is gone.

Festivito

(13,905 posts)
4. And let the monster be monstrous from birth to old age.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:50 PM
Apr 16

Without lifting a finger to stop it.

And they continue to not stop it.

lindysalsagal

(22,977 posts)
2. Bunker mentality. No town halls. Suppressing the vote. Suppressing the media.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:08 PM
Apr 16

But the dementia patient's days are numbered and they can't hide behind him much longer.

popsdenver

(2,488 posts)
5. The Republicans would love
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:50 PM
Apr 16

nothing better than to be rid of Trump if they can figure out a way to corral Trump's voters. Trump follows 2025, but they don't like his answering to his other master....Putin, and also his insane personal wild ass, fanatical actions, as well as he and his families horrendous personal grifting........

I envision the Republicans getting rid of Trump, or croaking, in the very near future, and somehow (corruptly) getting Stephen Miller as President and Russel Vought as VP..............

GiqueCee

(4,555 posts)
9. AAUUGH!
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:00 PM
Apr 16

Bite your tongue! Nosferatu Miller as Dictator?!!? That would be the final straw for me.
Republicans want to rule over the ashes of whatever's left when The Gangrenous Boil On The Ass Of Humanity checks out. Then they can institute the vengeful theocracy they've always dreamed of, and make A Handmaid's Tale look like a Saturday morning cartoon.

mwmisses4289

(4,549 posts)
13. Doubt they will get either as prezie,
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:35 PM
Apr 16

they aren't backed by thiel or musk. Duking it out to be v.p....that i can see.

ancianita

(43,316 posts)
3. Groypers are waiting in the wings to influence the youth vote and take over. We need to keep an eye on them.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:35 PM
Apr 16

from the Apr 13 issue of The New Yorker

How the Internet Fringe Infiltrated Republican Politics

https://archive.ph/YSeAu#selection-311.0-311.55

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/how-the-internet-fringe-infiltrated-republican-politics



popsdenver

(2,488 posts)
20. I read yesterday
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 12:14 PM
Apr 19

that the Republicans held a rally, aimed at "commandeering" the younger voters, and had a turnout much less that they had predicted, and that the audience that did show up, was predominately "older" Trump humping voters........
The article said their venue had a half or third the seats empty......

spanone

(141,964 posts)
7. They could have ended him at anytime in the last ten years.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:54 PM
Apr 16

They love him. That's how sick they are.

agingdem

(8,940 posts)
15. Mitch McConnell had two impeachments to end Trump
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:41 PM
Apr 16

and he voted no twice...he wasn't done using Trump to pack the courts with incompetent ideologues and rewarding billionaire donors with an obscene tax cut...

popsdenver

(2,488 posts)
21. AND
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 12:26 PM
Apr 19

Thx to "Citizens United" the Republicans could use, literally an un-fathomable amount of donations from the Uber Wealthy, U.S. and foreign corporations, and even foreign governments...

In 2016, even Russian 7 Chinese Oligarchs due to the Citizens United ruling by the Supreme court, legitimately funneled hundreds of millions to the NRA for them to distribute to Republican Politicians, including Trump, and Republicans down ballot......

The Republicans and foreign countries also did a great deal on the internet to screw with the voting in the 2016 election, the 2020 election, and especially the 2024 election......The head of U.S. Intelligence stated in the summer of 2015, this foreign internet activity to influence the upcoming election had exploded exponentially , at a rate so high, that they were having trouble shutting down the number of sites......all trying to get Trump/Republicans elected.....

Fil1957

(795 posts)
10. They won't end this now, but if he doesn't change his policies (and he won't) current trends will continue, and the
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:07 PM
Apr 16

country and the world will continue on a death spiral. In 6 months things will get so bad, the Republicans politicians MIGHT abandon him.

If we lived in a just and rational world, they'd remove him right now. Unfortunately we don't.

Cheezoholic

(3,815 posts)
12. Every Republican in office needs to pay with their seat even if they do abandon him. That party has a sickness
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:31 PM
Apr 16

It needs quarantined.

Cheezoholic

(3,815 posts)
11. I constantly remind "on the fence" or people I know didn't vote of this FACT. ITs not him, it's the Republicans
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:29 PM
Apr 16

The Republicans who LET him. Yes I live around "on the fence" voters. When people I know see me they know whats coming. I am relentless in my pleading for them to vote and why. I carry around printouts from news articles (many that I get here!) and hand them to them. I go to a diner for breakfast 4 or 5 times a week (the only meal I can afford to eat out), and I engage these people there. Sometimes they get pissed, sometimes they listen. The hardcore MAGAt's are lost, but some of their buddies aren't and that's who I try to reach. But I always try and re-enforce that it's not him so much as it is Republicans being lazy and cashing in with their tax dollars. We really need to get the word out to folks that just ridding ourselves of FatFuck won't fix anything. We need to rid ourselves of Republican majorities.

popsdenver

(2,488 posts)
22. BINGO Cheez
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 12:33 PM
Apr 19

We have to quit saying Trump this or that.......it is all the Republicans, and we need to say that.

The Republicans in the U.S. House, the Republicans in the U.S. Senate, and the Republicans in the U.S. Supreme Court that put him in power and kept him there, as a pawn, these past years......hour by hour, day by day, month by month, year by year......

Once Trump croaks or is thrown under the proverbial bus, the Republicans will still be in control of everything. These same Republicans will put in a President and Vice President, and continue on their merry way........AND I guarantee you, it will be someone far worse than Trump.......Russel Vought, Stephen Miller, etc

BlueTsunami2018

(5,033 posts)
16. Why would they?
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:48 PM
Apr 16

They’re getting just about everything they want out of this. They don’t have a problem with anything that’s going on. And if you’re pissed off/scared/suffering it’s all the better for them. They don’t give a fuck.

ancianita

(43,316 posts)
24. Right. They wouldn't.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 03:01 PM
Apr 19
They’re getting just about everything they want out of this. They don’t have a problem with anything that’s going on. And if you’re pissed off/scared/suffering it’s all the better for them. They don’t give a fuck.


Clarification:
Their job is "getting just about everything their Koch network owner/donors want out of this.
They don't have a problem with anything going on because their Koch network owner/donors don't.
And if you're pissed off/scared/suffering it's all the better for their owner/donors.
They don't give a fuck unless their owner/donors do.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,191 posts)
18. 75-80 million MAGA dunderhead Deplorable voters will NEVER let it die. Just like the Confederacy mentality
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:02 PM
Apr 16

will never die in America.

kentuck

(115,494 posts)
23. All we have left is our vote.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 12:44 PM
Apr 19

And I'm not feeling real secure about that.

How far down this rathole have we traveled?

We will need to get a map to find our way out.

It seems like everything has been corrupted. Every department of government is a shill for a criminal enterprise.

But, I am reassured that I still have my vote.

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