# So trumps message to the republicans is " is kneel and kiss my ass or else? " **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 1, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-message-to-the-republicans-is-is-kneel-and-kiss-my-ass-or-else/934004 "2021-03-01T05:32:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-message-to-the-republicans-is-is-kneel-and-kiss-my-ass-or-else/934004/101 "2021-03-13T16:54:15Z")
Dolores Umbridge ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-message-to-the-republicans-is-is-kneel-and-kiss-my-ass-or-else/934004/102 "2021-03-13T17:13:26Z")
> [@Ziberian](#): > > Chances are good at least one of those Republicans will be murdered in the name of Trump soon. I wonder what the trumpers would say if the murderer comes out and said he committed the crime in the name of Trump. Would this scare off some of them or embolden others to do the same. ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-message-to-the-republicans-is-is-kneel-and-kiss-my-ass-or-else/934004/103 "2021-03-13T17:40:18Z")
They would find a way to justify it. Claim the victim deserved it, or the murderer was secretly a liberal. The Trumpers I know are already over the shock of Jan 6th – they’ve convinced themselves it was antifa, or being exaggerated by Democrats for political purposes (only a few people went into the capitol, the Trump supporters were peaceful protestors), etc. They will not accept anything negative about Trump or his followers, and there’s no reason to believe a murder would change that. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-message-to-the-republicans-is-is-kneel-and-kiss-my-ass-or-else/934004/104 "2021-03-13T17:55:15Z")
Kneeling not required, I’m positive they’d kiss his anus like mouth with equal passion and truth be told his acolytes cannot kneel anywhere near an American flag even if it’s tattooed on their favorite ass. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-message-to-the-republicans-is-is-kneel-and-kiss-my-ass-or-else/934004/105 "2021-03-13T18:56:07Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > > [@mmmiiikkkeee](#): > > > > I’m not American so I don’t know how the party system works well enough to understand something: Who declares DJT as a big shot in the party… couldn’t they just kick him out if they wanted? Why would they want to keep such an idiot who loses most of the time in such a position? > > > > > > > Our parties are not ideologically consistent and closed to active members only. Any idjit could (and did!) declare themselves a candidate for President and appeal directly to the party’s voters instead of winning a seat in Parliament and then gaining the support of his party’s MPs. Also, the party “National Committees” are really more like fundraising and event/messaging coordination clearinghouses, in effect _at the service of the campaigns of the candidates_ (President and/or of the Congressional leadership, depending of who’s in office and when in the cycle we are); and the 56 or so state/territorial parties are not subordinate to the “National Committee” for purposes of who joins or runs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-trumps-message-to-the-republicans-is-is-kneel-and-kiss-my-ass-or-else/934004.md?page=5)