# Is now the time for moderate Republicans to try to retake control of the party?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-for-moderate-republicans-to-try-to-retake-control-of-the-party/969704>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 15, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-for-moderate-republicans-to-try-to-retake-control-of-the-party/969704 "2022-08-15T17:36:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-for-moderate-republicans-to-try-to-retake-control-of-the-party/969704/241 "2023-11-13T23:26:50Z")

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Never underestimate the amount of party discipline asserted by the carrot-and-stick combination of wingnut welfare and stochastic terrorism.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-for-moderate-republicans-to-try-to-retake-control-of-the-party/969704/242 "2023-11-14T07:11:28Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Except for the continuous death threats to him & his family.

Yeah, the GOP is governing by terrorism now.

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-now-the-time-for-moderate-republicans-to-try-to-retake-control-of-the-party/969704/243 "2023-12-20T19:06:27Z")

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Not only death threats, but he was also evicted from an office building in his district because he wouldn’t support Jim Jordan for speaker.

Speaking of eviction in Colorado, the Supreme Court of Colorado just banned Trump from running for President in that state. They reasoned that the 14th Amendment to the federal constitution disqualifies insurrectionists.

> [@Colorado Supreme Court Rules Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Office (Dec 19, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-supreme-court-rules-trump-is-disqualified-from-holding-office-dec-19-2023/988412/329):
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> Here is the opinion. [https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court\_Probation/Supreme\_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf](https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf)

~Max

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