The one whose constituents cannot support Trump amid what is revealed in the files. If saying “F trump” gets a congressmember re-elected, that’s exactly what they are going to do. A politician’s first priority is the next election.
Ghislaine Maxwell. Although she recruited Giuffre for Epstein. I’m currently reading Giuffre’s book, and it’s just so sad.
But that’s the key point. They can’t just keep riding the whirlwind of stupid.
The recent election shows that the SS Trump has started sinking and the smarter rats are making plans for getting off the ship.
I like your optimism.
“The Republicans” could beat Trump. But the problem is, “The Republicans” isn’t an entity that’s trying to do that. If the party as a whole stabbed Trump in the back, the party as a whole would thrive, but the decisions aren’t made by the party, but by individuals. And any individual who stabbed Trump in the back would get primaried by someone more loyal to Trump (or at least, who appeared to be more loyal to him).
They’ve been riding the whirlwind for the better part of a decade now. While I agree they can’t just keep riding it forever, I have no idea when they’ll get off.
It’s not an optimistic view. It’s a belief that says the Republican party has long term plans for destroying our democracy, civil rights, and the rule of law that will outlast Trump.
To the extent Trump can assure them that the “election” will go as he says it will go, to that extent they will be willing to go on pretending Epstein never existed.
Just a tall tale, an urban myth!
I mean, what is currently in the public domain about Trump and Epstein is absolutely bad stuff.
And what’s currently in the public domain about Trump and sexual abuse of minors is also bad stuff. That was already in the public domain before his first election. It didn’t matter.
I’m starting to come around to the opinion that if evidence surfaced that showed Trump was beyond all doubt guilty of raping children who had been kidnapped and trafficked…
Then, the MAGAts would declare pedophilia to be a fantastic thing that everyone should do, that raping young girls was just fine. And the other R’s would go along, or just say “Oh, I have not heard anything about that, I’m just much too busy.”
And it turns out that absolute selfishness is a terrible ideology for producing somebody who will risk themselves for the party.
I would love to see that position tested.