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Until Ryan and McConnell pass resolutions condemning Trump's bigotry it is all cheap talk. (Original Post) yellowcanine Aug 2017 OP
Ya nailed it still_one Aug 2017 #1
Someone's holding their beers while they check their poll numbers n/t leftstreet Aug 2017 #2
Hell freezing over is happening first...n/t Moostache Aug 2017 #3
Resolutions? They need to bypass them and immediately proceed to impeachment. LonePirate Aug 2017 #4
IMO, passing resolutions is also cheap talk. Eyeball_Kid Aug 2017 #5
What Would A Resolution Even Do? PoorMonger Aug 2017 #6
Resolutions would force pubbies to say where they stand. yellowcanine Aug 2017 #8
Resolutions are MyOwnPeace Aug 2017 #11
+1 YCHDT Aug 2017 #13
The McConnell's have no honor and Paulie is a sociopathic child n/t bronxiteforever Aug 2017 #7
Already all the GOP committees have declined to investigate white hate groups. So, sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #9
Until he is thrown out of office.... pangaia Aug 2017 #10
cheap talk is all they have. they are praying for trump to stay in office long enough.... spanone Aug 2017 #12

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
4. Resolutions? They need to bypass them and immediately proceed to impeachment.
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:23 AM
Aug 2017

By allowing him to remain in power, they are giving tacit support to his Nazi and racist appeasement.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
5. IMO, passing resolutions is also cheap talk.
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:29 AM
Aug 2017

Efforts to remove Trumpy from office shows true colors. Trumpy must be separated from the power of his office. Resolutions won't do that.

Trumpy effectively drew the line in the sand. Resolutions only make that line fuzzy. Efforts to remove him from office is the only way to deal with him. He's proven to be the nation's worst enemy. Anyone who waffles is a Nazi sympathizer. There are no longer any areas of grey because this issue is so dangerous that preserving Trumpy as president will (not "can", not "maybe&quot destroy the Constitution and the nation.

As of now, the GOP may as well change its name to the American Nazi Party.

For as long as they count Trumpy as one of them, they become one with Trumpy's beliefs-- a belief in white supremacy and a belief in Nazism.

PoorMonger

(844 posts)
6. What Would A Resolution Even Do?
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:31 AM
Aug 2017

Serious question - because as far as I understand it that would still be empty sentiments with no direct consequence.

What they should do if they want to show they aren't on board with this shit is sign something that says they won't help with his agenda till he fires Bannon, Gorka & Miller. This is still only a step in my view but its something tangible I could understand as action.

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)
9. Already all the GOP committees have declined to investigate white hate groups. So,
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:43 AM
Aug 2017

there's no way they'll condemn 45.

spanone

(135,843 posts)
12. cheap talk is all they have. they are praying for trump to stay in office long enough....
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 12:02 PM
Aug 2017

to pass tax breaks for the rich...that's all they care about

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