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wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts) Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:13 AM Jan 2018

It puzzled me why the Repubs are all getting behind trump when before some criticized him. Now I

think what motivates them is the belief that they are going to lose much of their control with the Nov '16 elections.

If I am right they will spend this year doing as much damage as they can to the integrity of institutions we rely on.

The idea is to create such disrespect for our government institutions that they will not be effective if Dems are in control. It is their way to spike any rebuilding of the government after their destructive era.

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It puzzled me why the Repubs are all getting behind trump when before some criticized him. Now I (Original Post) wasupaloopa Jan 2018 OP

Reasonable analysis of Republican actions delisen Jan 2018 #1

Doesn't puzzle me. They're greedy, hateful bastards who Laurian Jan 2018 #2

There is no puzzle - there is this malaise Jan 2018 #3

I suspect they also know, or are starting to realize that Dale Neiburg Jan 2018 #4

Yep. Its hard for politicians to turn money down Orange Free State Jan 2018 #8

The primary is coming...look at what happened to those who criticized him...most are 'retiring'. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #5

A large one of the motivations among many for many. Hortensis Jan 2018 #6

Russian's funding their campaigns, I'd put good money on it !! Look at NRA funding already uponit7771 Jan 2018 #7

Wouldnt you like to see Wayne LaPierre Orange Free State Jan 2018 #9

Yep, he'd plead the 5th throughout though uponit7771 Jan 2018 #10

I think it's more about Kompromat and Roubles than spite. lagomorph777 Jan 2018 #11

At this point, it's turned into a giant GOP SMASH & GRAB. Take what you can, while you can. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #12

delisen

(6,051 posts)

1. Reasonable analysis of Republican actions

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Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:21 AM

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Laurian

(2,593 posts)

2. Doesn't puzzle me. They're greedy, hateful bastards who

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Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:21 AM

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will use Trump as long as possible in pursuit of their agenda.

malaise

(269,352 posts)

3. There is no puzzle - there is this

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Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:25 AM

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.05b32973d884
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A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

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They're all in this together.

Dale Neiburg

(698 posts)

4. I suspect they also know, or are starting to realize that

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Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:26 AM

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it's not just Trump who's likely to go down, and not even limited to the executive branch.

Orange Free State

(611 posts)

8. Yep. Its hard for politicians to turn money down

Reply to Dale Neiburg (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:54 AM

Jan 2018

and when the smoke clears, quite a few Republicans will have been smeared, and not just the ones in office. All those who are turning for Mueller, you don’t think they had a sudden attack of conscienceitis, do you? He has something on them, and he is using it to good effect.

Demsrule86

(68,867 posts)

5. The primary is coming...look at what happened to those who criticized him...most are 'retiring'.

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Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:27 AM

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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

6. A large one of the motivations among many for many.

Reply to wasupaloopa (Original post)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 10:33 AM

Jan 2018

Some of these people really don't like to lose that much. The farther they go, the worse they demonize us to justify their actions.

As for limits, we know a certain dangerous subtype gives guardianship of their consciences to their chosen leader and depends on him to determine limits. Their role is unquestioning strong support.

"It’s been noted that if 25% of the American population is always ready to vote for a dictator, that’s half-way to a majority. If the “right” kind of crisis comes along, it could create enough newly panicked citizens to vote a tyrant into office who would overthrow the Constitution, the rule of law, you name it."

https://theauthoritarians.org/donald-trump-and-authoritarian-followers/#more-21

Fascinating read, guaranteed to cut through some of the confusion.