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Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 01:40 AM Mar 2019

I want establishment Republicans to be asked what their red line is for TRUMP.


Remaining establishment Republicans, most of whom are hiding. People who may have worked in the Bush administration, or in business, or in government or the military. People who are aghast at his buffoonery and corruption and ignorance and who see the extreme peril in his ways.

What is the red line that will trigger establishment resistance to him?

Is there nothing? Are there no patriots? No one in love with the Constitution?

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I want establishment Republicans to be asked what their red line is for TRUMP. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Mar 2019 OP
Mueller is a rarity Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #1
It's a valid question ... NanceGreggs Mar 2019 #2
'...they will all be hung separately, in their individual primaries. Volaris Mar 2019 #14
I have a feeling ... NanceGreggs Mar 2019 #20
If Trump decides to waterboard them it will be a bridge too far. Kablooie Mar 2019 #3
K & R Duppers Mar 2019 #4
Yep. The red line is they're already in a holy war against democrats. ffr Mar 2019 #5
when GOP voters turn on him D_Master81 Mar 2019 #6
The stock market crashing. Mr.Bill Mar 2019 #7
But can he blame that on Dems and get away with it? nt Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #16
I don't think so. Mr.Bill Mar 2019 #17
Weasels don't use lines: they just hide underground until lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #8
The republican party is now a cult BarbD Mar 2019 #9
Yes, you nailed it, watoos Mar 2019 #23
The red line is our democracy. They are done with it. Democracy is where they draw the line. Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #10
Establishment Republicans don't have any lines. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #11
There is nothing. spanone Mar 2019 #12
They won't say - they embarrass too easily. ArizonaLib Mar 2019 #13
If he's caught in flagrante delicto cheating on Melania . . . tclambert Mar 2019 #15
haha :-) nt Grasswire2 Mar 2019 #18
There isn't any. Initech Mar 2019 #19
Great question scarytomcat Mar 2019 #21
If Trump became a Democrat fescuerescue Mar 2019 #22
I have asked the Trumpers at work hydrolastic Mar 2019 #24

NanceGreggs

(27,818 posts)
2. It's a valid question ...
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 02:06 AM
Mar 2019

... and should be answered.

The problem here is that just as the goalposts keep getting moved, so that "red line" keeps getting repositioned.

I've no doubt there are Republicans who, back in early 2017, told themselves "if he ever says or does this, I'm out" - but then changed their position when he actually DID do or say that.

I think for many it's been a matter of losing their integrity not suddenly, but by inches - in increments so small, they don't even realize how low they've allowed their standards to fall until it's too late.

I believe many GOPers are in SO deep - accepting the lies, ignoring the contradictions, ignoring the corruption - they simply can't get out of the hole they've dug for themselves.

For any Republican to stand up now and denounce the crimes of Spanky and his administration, the obvious question looming in the air would be: "And why did you let it all slide for two years?"

At this juncture, it looks like a clear case of everyone having to be all-in, because if they don't hang together as a group, they will all be hung separately.

Volaris

(10,274 posts)
14. '...they will all be hung separately, in their individual primaries.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 06:27 PM
Mar 2019

Fixed that for you. 'The Base' is a cult. The only reason they haven't drank the kool-aid yet is because Trump hasn't yet told them how awesome that will be.

NanceGreggs

(27,818 posts)
20. I have a feeling ...
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 05:45 AM
Mar 2019

... that "being hung separately" is a real concern for certain Republicans who are now under scrutiny - and may not survive a closer look into their own conduct.

Kablooie

(18,641 posts)
3. If Trump decides to waterboard them it will be a bridge too far.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 03:34 AM
Mar 2019

Anything less will be tolerated with a large swig of whiskey.

ffr

(22,671 posts)
5. Yep. The red line is they're already in a holy war against democrats.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 01:14 PM
Mar 2019

Their eyes only see red. The only way to reason with what we're seeing is that the constitution has been suspended. The red line has already been crossed, but not for them. They've been told by RW entertainers that we were the ones who crossed it.

WAR.

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
6. when GOP voters turn on him
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 01:31 PM
Mar 2019

thats their 1 and only "red line". and that will only happen when his policies eventually come home to roost. Anything other than that is "Trump being Trump".

Mr.Bill

(24,330 posts)
17. I don't think so.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 10:07 PM
Mar 2019

He's made the mistake of taking all the credit for it going up. Even though it was a net negative in 2018.

lindysalsagal

(20,733 posts)
8. Weasels don't use lines: they just hide underground until
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 02:24 PM
Mar 2019

Their base is in a huge arena wearing red hats shreiking jibberrish.

BarbD

(1,193 posts)
9. The republican party is now a cult
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 02:39 PM
Mar 2019

mesmerized by Trump and totally dysfunctional.

Forget about them, they are not worth the effort. Let's concentrate on the non-voter and convincing them to participate in the electoral process.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
23. Yes, you nailed it,
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:48 AM
Mar 2019

I know, I live among them in central Pa. I don't waste my time debating with zombies who have zero critical thinking skills. Republicans nearly elected Roy Moore which is a tell. They don't vote for anyone, they vote against Democrats. Democrats have been demonized to the point that they are less than human. No Republican should ever vote for a Dem., that's their belief.

Yavin4

(35,446 posts)
11. Establishment Republicans don't have any lines.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 05:29 PM
Mar 2019

Only their donors do, and they don't care what Trump does or says. They just want their tax cuts and pro-business judges.

ArizonaLib

(1,242 posts)
13. They won't say - they embarrass too easily.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 05:38 PM
Mar 2019

The TEA party members said they were independents but always voted for and ran as Republicans. Also, if those sympathetic to the confederacy won't call themselves traitors or won't acknowledge the civil war was about slavery, they will never cop to anything. Remember, according to conservative leaning Gallup (they were the ones that predicted Dewey would beat Truman and that Romney would beat Obama), Nixon had over a 25% approval rating when he was forced to resign as a crook. Republicans are weak, fearful and dishonest - they succumb to this mentality. When it becomes unfashionable again to associate as a Republican, they will become independents or democrats. Right now, it is more effective to go ahead and associate everything Trump does with them. Let them deny they agree with everything then ask them if a Democratic candidate with a better record runs against him will they vote for the Democrat. They will never agree to vote Democratic, so it becomes fair game to keep hitting them over the head with Trump. It doesn't matter if they appear to enjoy it. They hate losing. Many Republicans I know are fair weather fans of anyone winning. They want to be on a winning team and think because Republicans use more abusive methods and scream the loudest, that Republicans look like winners, that Republicans are more savvy. Rumpelstiltskin was more gracious than any die hard Republican ever will be.

I say when it happens, let them suck it. Our society allowed the Republican Great Depression to be renamed the Great Depression. Calvin Coolidge's tax bill helped bring this country to its knees, and they hardly owned up to it back then or even now. Total defeat is the only thing they understand. The southern states seceded because of Lincoln's election - and with an 'over my dead body' attitude left the union. Even after the Brown vs Board unanimous SCOTUS decision: "....segregation now...segregation forever..." along with Nixon's forced bussing. What kind of supreme court in a 5 to 4 decision overturns a civil rights act that gets renewed unanimously because 5 on the court asserted that congressmen felt politically pressured to vote for its renewal? Isn't that political will the foundation of democracy? Republicans just want what they want, regardless of anything else. Greed.

Initech

(100,104 posts)
19. There isn't any.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 10:34 PM
Mar 2019

There's no line they won't cross. There's no bubble they won't burst. There's no forest they won't burn down. There's no hole deep enough. They want absolute power and they will get it no matter who they have to stomp and whatever embarassing buffoon they have to trot out. These people are drunk with power and they are extremely dangerous.

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
21. Great question
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:02 AM
Mar 2019

The question that can't be answered.
If they do... doom
If they don't ignorance or complicity

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
22. If Trump became a Democrat
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 10:59 AM
Mar 2019

That's their redline

They support Trump because Trump he's the Republican flag bearer. For these messed up people, that's all that matters - is that he's a Republican nominee

Everything else they say. Everything. Is in support of that.

They won't dare come out against Trump, because in their minds, not supporting Trump is the same as supporting Democrats.

hydrolastic

(488 posts)
24. I have asked the Trumpers at work
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 10:46 AM
Mar 2019

This question and one actually said when there is proof he committed a actual crime because this Trumper would not defend a criminal....

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