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babylonsister

(171,103 posts)
Thu May 28, 2020, 01:22 PM May 2020

GOP operatives worry Trump will lose both the presidency and Senate majority




GOP operatives worry Trump will lose both the presidency and Senate majority
By Michael Warren and Ryan Nobles, CNN
Updated 12:07 PM ET, Thu May 28, 2020


Washington (CNN)A little more than three months ago, as Democrats cast their ballots in the Nevada caucuses, Republicans felt confident about their chances in 2020. The coronavirus seemed a distant, far-off threat. Democrats appeared poised to nominate a self-described socialist for president. The stock market was near a record high. The economy was roaring. President Donald Trump looked well-positioned to win a second term, and perhaps pull enough incumbent Republicans along with him to hold the party's majority in the Senate.

Today, that view has drastically changed.

"Put it this way, I am very glad my boss isn't on the ballot this cycle," said one high-ranking GOP Senate aide.

Republican strategists are increasingly worried that Trump is headed for defeat in November and that he may drag other Republicans down with him.

Seven GOP operatives not directly associated with the President's reelection campaign told CNN that Trump's response to the pandemic and the subsequent economic fallout have significantly damaged his bid for a second term — and that the effects are starting to hurt Republicans more broadly. Some of these operatives asked not to be identified in order to speak more candidly.


Several say that public polls showing Trump trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden mirror what they are finding in their own private polls, and that the trend is bleeding into key Senate races. The GOP already had a difficult task of defending 23 Senate seats in 2020. The job of protecting its slim 3-seat majority has only gotten harder as the pandemic has unfolded. States like Arizona and North Carolina, once thought to be home to winnable Senate races now appear in jeopardy.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/politics/republicans-trump-senate-2020-trouble/index.html
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GOP operatives worry Trump will lose both the presidency and Senate majority (Original Post) babylonsister May 2020 OP
I hope they do Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #1
we can only pray gopiscrap May 2020 #2
Sounds good to me! Fozzledick May 2020 #3
Suzie Sez: "But Mitch PROMISED Me I Could Make A Deal With The Devil And Not Pay A Price!" nt smb May 2020 #4
You elected a nutjob, too bad. They could always help to get rid of the idiot. Thomas Hurt May 2020 #5
He's on track to lose it all BannonsLiver May 2020 #6
Of course he will. lpbk2713 May 2020 #7
Good! pandr32 May 2020 #8
Please, God, make it so Hekate May 2020 #9
Trump won't lose the Senate for them... JHB May 2020 #10
Fuck 'em mercuryblues May 2020 #11
GOP needs to be wiped out kevink077 May 2020 #12
Awww..... SeattleVet May 2020 #13
Just Like Susan Collins... ProfessorGAC May 2020 #14
Yes...today's statement could bring the puke party way down.. Stuart G May 2020 #15
Wait 4 months..... OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #16
They should be worried. LakeArenal May 2020 #17
Yes, I agree. Today's statement on top of the obvious is worrying most republican leaders. Stuart G May 2020 #18
Not bloody likely. But Hope Springs eternal. LakeArenal May 2020 #20
Republicans are hazardous to your health. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #19
True and funny LakeArenal May 2020 #21

lpbk2713

(42,770 posts)
7. Of course he will.
Thu May 28, 2020, 01:39 PM
May 2020


Everything Trump touches turns to shit. No amount of election fraud can pull it off for them this time.

JHB

(37,163 posts)
10. Trump won't lose the Senate for them...
Thu May 28, 2020, 01:52 PM
May 2020

They did that all by themselves, by their unwavering loyalty to him with only occasional, short-lived, ineffectual farts of dissent.

They built that.

mercuryblues

(14,551 posts)
11. Fuck 'em
Thu May 28, 2020, 01:53 PM
May 2020

They had their chance to stand up for America and chose instead to grind it into the ground with their impeachment vote.

SeattleVet

(5,481 posts)
13. Awww.....
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:07 PM
May 2020

and they say it like it's a bad thing!

Like someone posted yesterday - the GOP is the frog and tRump is the scorpion. He's killing their party and they are going (mostly) gleefully along, as long as they can get as many young conservatives appointed to judgeships as possible.

ProfessorGAC

(65,289 posts)
14. Just Like Susan Collins...
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:09 PM
May 2020

...I'm concerned but I think they've learned their lesson.
Wait...
No, I'm not either of those.
The only way they learn a lesson is a well deserved beat down at the polls.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,694 posts)
16. Wait 4 months.....
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:22 PM
May 2020

These Republican "operatives" will devolve from worrying to dime dropping and plea dealing.

Stuart G

(38,453 posts)
18. Yes, I agree. Today's statement on top of the obvious is worrying most republican leaders.
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:42 PM
May 2020

..I wonder if they will admit it, or shut up in deference to Trump. Perhaps senators who don't have to worry about reelection for many years, will speak up or others who are not up for election will speak up. But we will see.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,510 posts)
19. Republicans are hazardous to your health.
Thu May 28, 2020, 02:55 PM
May 2020

Chain smoking and mainlining bleach would be healthier than electing Republicans.

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