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Ok but Trump is getting free press from the media. They’re frothing at the mouth at the concept of him becoming President again because their numbers have never been higher than they were during his disasterous four years.
Ok but Trump is getting free press from the media. They’re frothing at the mouth at the concept of him becoming President again because their numbers have never been higher than they were during his disasterous four years.
It’s was the Comedy Central Roast of Trump actually
Don’t do Klaus dirty like that. (I totally see it though)
It’s just like me, fr fr
Woulda been cooler if they spun up a US government Mastodon instance and made his account there, but this is certainly a step in the right direction
The thing that is different about Congress is that Reps and Senators are free to vote with or against the rest of their party without any repercussions. We don’t have three line whips or anything like that here, so the party system isn’t as powerful. This is why Manchin could go against the Democratic Party agenda so frequently and the Democratic leadership couldn’t do anything about it.
So in theory these Reps could stay Republican and vote with the Democrats, or go independent/libertarian/etc if they really want to make a break with the Republican label. Staying or changing parties really doesn’t matter except in how it defines the majority party in each house, and also practically as to what legislation is likely to get brought to a vote per the Hastert Rule or the Standing Rules of the Senate.
So this all can go to explain why they’re not changing parties or who they caucus with. It still leaves the question of why they’re choosing to leave rather than remain and affect change from within. Answer: They don’t care about the country or the party. They were here for power, the lobbying money, the post politics sinecures, etc. Now that all of that is gone, they have decided to cut and run. They are abandoning ship now in the hopes that they can get the best life raft.
Successful as in getting the nomination rather than the incumbent? First one that comes to mind is Reagan getting the nomination over Ford
If Project 2025 comes to pass and they have sweeping powers they’ll find a way to siphon federal money into the RNC