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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts)
Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:58 PM Aug 2017

THE MEMO: Trump's basecheers attacks on McConnell

Trump has assailed McConnell repeatedly this week for the failure to pass legislation that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare.  

Republican senators have rushed to McConnell’s defense — much as they did when one of their former colleagues, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, found himself in Trump’s sights late last month. 

Even some Washington voices that are normally supportive of the president, such as former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), have suggested Trump is going too far.

But it is a very different story among conservatives whose frustration with the ways of Washington propelled Trump’s rise.

“The overarching theme from coast to coast was that people wanted to take a wrecking ball to Washington and they were hopeful that Donald Trump would be elected and would be that wrecking ball,” said Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346242-the-memo-trumps-base-cheers-attacks-on-mcconnell

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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
1. Newt GingrichNewt GingrichNewt GingrichNewt GingrichNewt GingrichNewt Gingrich
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:00 AM
Aug 2017

Newt GingrichNewt GingrichNewt GingrichNewt Gingrich









He's brain dead. Why does his body keep moving?

kerry-is-my-prez

(8,133 posts)
2. At least one good thing about Trump - he is really screwing up the Repub Party. Hopefully, this will
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:03 AM
Aug 2017

disable it for many years, or end it.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
3. Jenny Beth Martin was a Ted Cruz supporter
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:05 AM
Aug 2017

Here's what she said about Trump during the primary:

Donald Trump loves himself first, last and everywhere in between. He loves himself more than our country, he loves himself more than the constitution. He doesn’t love you, me, and he doesn’t love the tea party. Donald Trump has no business thinking he’s tea party and every tea party person who truly loves the constitution should take that into account when you’re casting your vote.

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/03/04/tea-partyer-jenny-beth-martin-takes-on-donald-trump-at-cpac/

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. The Kochs pulled the plug on their Tea Party when the base broke the leash.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:59 AM
Aug 2017

Reportedly de base is now seeing Fox News as right wing "establishment" (very slow learners). So what will the Koch alliance use to get these people back to gulp the Kool-Aid?

Inquiring Metaphor wants to know.

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