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kentuck

(111,104 posts)
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 12:27 AM Jun 2017

Will Republican Party be weaker or stronger if Trump is President at this time next year??

Democrats have been very disappointed with the results of the last 4 "special elections". The last one in Georgia left a bitter taste. But Republicans should not be too quick to celebrate.

Donald Trump has been President for 5 months and a few days and the Republican Party lost ground in each of the four special elections. Although they won all four races, they were much closer than in their previous four elections? What does that mean?

Trump and his Republican Party have a solid base near 40%. However, judging from the numbers in the last 4 races, many Republicans did not turn out to vote? Each candidate received a smaller percentage of votes than in previous races of the last twenty years or more.

If that is a trend, Trump and his Republican Party stand to lose even more Republican voters from their cause. They have been sell-outs to the insurance companies and big banks. They have done nothing to help the common man.

Nothing.

Zilch...

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Will Republican Party be weaker or stronger if Trump is President at this time next year?? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2017 OP
stronger.... dhill926 Jun 2017 #1
No. That pretty much sums it up. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2017 #2
I think they will be weaker, if he is still President in a year. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2017 #3
I'm not worried about Republicans. n/t jaysunb Jun 2017 #4
Don't you think it is fair to inform them of what could happen to them? kentuck Jun 2017 #5
No jaysunb Jun 2017 #6
If he's still President, I think they'll be weaker. It's hard to know what could happen... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #7
If he is still in office we will be fucked. Why? Because it means that: MedusaX Jun 2017 #8

dhill926

(16,348 posts)
1. stronger....
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 12:33 AM
Jun 2017

libtards will be hunted down and killed. Mainstream media will somehow conflate a both sides do it angle...I kid......I think......

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,642 posts)
3. I think they will be weaker, if he is still President in a year.
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 12:57 AM
Jun 2017

By then, it will be more than obvious that he has no intention of keeping any of his campaign promises, and the fools who voted for him will be hung out to dry.

This is my hope.

kentuck

(111,104 posts)
5. Don't you think it is fair to inform them of what could happen to them?
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 01:41 AM
Jun 2017

If they go down the crooked road?

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
6. No
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 01:46 AM
Jun 2017

I think we should be mobilizing our people. There are more of us than them. It's a waste of time to spend time, money or mental energy on people caught up in a cult/tribal frenzy.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
7. If he's still President, I think they'll be weaker. It's hard to know what could happen...
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 02:12 AM
Jun 2017

... from now until then, however.

I hope there won't be some damn "event" before the midterms that right-wing, fear-mongering propagandists can use to make liberals look bad.

MedusaX

(1,129 posts)
8. If he is still in office we will be fucked. Why? Because it means that:
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 02:31 AM
Jun 2017

1. Neither Mueller's team nor NYAG will have successfully brought forth any indictments....
2. Hence, KGOP congress will have talking points to feed to their base of guppies
3. The 2014 Russian Sanctions will have already expired
4. Multiple Russian $$ in US 'deals' will have been inked immediately upon Sanction expiration
5. Kleptocracy will have taken root and will have become the norm
6. The Constitution will cease to be applicable immediately upon sanctions expiring...

Every moment that *45 & KGOP Klan remain in power moves us one step closer to a dick- tatorial kleptocracy......

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