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kentuck

(111,098 posts)
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 09:21 AM Jan 2020

Naive Republicans?

Were Senators like Murkowski, Collins, Romney, Tillis, and Gardner 'tricked' into committing to supporting Trump thru the entire process?

Did Trump and McConnell suck them into a private meeting and get them to promise to not vote against Donald Trump on anything the Democrats presented?

It does seem that Murkowski and Collins are angry at themselves. They have short fuses lately.

Did they "promise" McConnell and Trump to stand with them, regardless of the evidence that might come up?

And now, even with the evidence, they cannot break their "promise"?

That's what it looks like from this perspective.

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Naive Republicans? (Original Post) kentuck Jan 2020 OP
Please don't make me laugh PJMcK Jan 2020 #1
They all signed Lindsey's resolution to not 2naSalit Jan 2020 #2
The Republican Party is a trainwreck. kentuck Jan 2020 #3
Yup. It rates as three Jethros. 2naSalit Jan 2020 #4
I feel the earth shaking already. kentuck Jan 2020 #5
oh hell no mnmoderatedem Jan 2020 #6

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
1. Please don't make me laugh
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 09:24 AM
Jan 2020

Collins and Murkowski have always been bullshit.

Romney really wants to be the "man in the white hat" but he's nothing more than corporate milquetoast.

Gardner and Tillis are as full of trash as the first two.

If they are angry about the "deals" they may have made, they should renounce them and do the right thing.

Trust me, they won't.

2naSalit

(86,634 posts)
2. They all signed Lindsey's resolution to not
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 09:44 AM
Jan 2020

do anything to make dear leader upset and, therefore, follow Lindsey the licker* (of things I won't mention here) for the lead in whatever he's told to do.

They should have all been disqualified from participating for that alone.

* Lapdog Lindsey also came to mind and I couldn't decide which to use.

2naSalit

(86,634 posts)
4. Yup. It rates as three Jethros.
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 10:09 AM
Jan 2020

As in, "...better wake Jethro, he ain't never seen a wreck like we're gonna have right now." = 1 Jethro.

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
6. oh hell no
Sat Jan 25, 2020, 10:17 AM
Jan 2020

there isn't a republican in Congress who doesn't know what trump is all about and it has been that way since day one.

They have just been looking the other way all along and will continue to do so.

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