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Why are the Republicans finally jumping ship? [View all]
Just today, we're seeing some die-hard, dug-in Republicans rolling over, and apparently ready to throw Trump under. Clearly it's related to the attack on the Capitol last Wednesday, but it still took days to see a budge. After four years of Trump's abject lawlessness, corruption, criminality, defiance, and mania, what do you think finally may have made even the last hold-outs consider going against him?
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| Their consciences finally weighed in. | |
0 (0%) |
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| Once they saw the video, they realized how close and how severe the danger was to everyone there. | |
0 (0%) |
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| Once they saw the video, they realized how close and how severe the danger was to them. | |
4 (12%) |
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| It was beyond the pale that Donald didn't check in personally to ask how they were feeling. | |
0 (0%) |
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| The costumes looked tacky. | |
0 (0%) |
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| Calls and emails from constituents telling them to get Trump out of office. | |
0 (0%) |
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| Clear evidence the insurgents were motivated by Trump's lies, and there would be more violence, making the lies politically risky for Republicans to continue. | |
0 (0%) |
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| Money drying up in all the pipelines into the RNC coffers, along with Trump's, making him a liability. | |
28 (82%) |
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| A combination of the above. | |
2 (6%) |
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| None of the above. | |
0 (0%) |
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