# Will any Republican Senators abandon the Republican party in the near future?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [January 9, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-any-republican-senators-abandon-the-republican-party-in-the-near-future/930094 "2021-01-09T05:16:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-any-republican-senators-abandon-the-republican-party-in-the-near-future/930094/1 "2021-01-09T05:16:42Z")

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Apparently Senator Murkowski has called on Trump to resign and has claimed that she’s not sure if she can continue to be a Republican. Given the toxicity of the last few days, do you expect any Senators to leave the Republican Party in the near future giving Democrats a better hold on the Senate? I’m not saying they’ll become Democrats, but they may simply slide to Independent. I could easily see Chuck Grassley and Mitt Romney disavowing any loyalty to the Republican party.

Do you think we might see an exodus of say 5 or 10 Senators in the next few weeks?

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-any-republican-senators-abandon-the-republican-party-in-the-near-future/930094/2 "2021-01-09T06:13:04Z")

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> [@Frazzled](#):
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> Do you think we might see an exodus of say 5 or 10 Senators in the next few weeks? .

No. Conservatives are conservative, it would not be in their nature. They wouldn’t have anywhere to go as none of them really agree with the DP platform - a Blue Dog Democrat like Manchin is a screaming liberal compared to someone like Romney. Also anyone who climbs that high in the political hierarchy is not itching to be put out in the cold.

A defection or two is highly, highly unlikely IMHO, but I guess not totally insane. Five or ten would be absolute crazypants. I can’t imagine it, but this has been one crazy-ass year.

Honestly I expect zero, but we’ll see what Murkowski does.

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-any-republican-senators-abandon-the-republican-party-in-the-near-future/930094/3 "2021-01-09T06:20:48Z")

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No. They’ll issue tepid protests while they are in office, then speak out after they leave office, but they’ll placate the crazies and the fascists when they actually have power.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-any-republican-senators-abandon-the-republican-party-in-the-near-future/930094/4 "2021-01-12T19:58:15Z")

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And Susan Collins will express her “concern”.