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Have Grassley and Ernst removed their snouts out of the Con's trough (Original Post) malaise Apr 2018 OP
Out of the Con's what? Sneederbunk Apr 2018 #1
Pigs' trough here malaise Apr 2018 #3
No. guillaumeb Apr 2018 #2
WTF - "hope that a Trump impeachment and a Pence presidency will save the economy" dalton99a Apr 2018 #4
Fox follow? Chipper Chat Apr 2018 #5
Nicely done malaise Apr 2018 #6
fantastic fun for fellow DUers Chipper Chat Apr 2018 #8
Your title for the alliteration Thav Apr 2018 #10
Ya beat me with that one. Chipper Chat Apr 2018 #11
Putin told Spanky to wreck the USA and he's doing a great job. panader0 Apr 2018 #7
Probably Koch related ? OnDoutside Apr 2018 #9

dalton99a

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4. WTF - "hope that a Trump impeachment and a Pence presidency will save the economy"
Mon Apr 2, 2018, 03:21 PM
Apr 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/01/opinion/trump-tariffs-agriculture-economy.html

Will Trump Crash the Farm Economy?

KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Donald Trump won over 60 percent of the 2016 vote in rural Iowa, where I live, and I haven’t heard much concern from Republicans over the president’s alleged infidelities with a porn actress, his ties to Russia or Jared Kushner’s real estate shenanigans. ...

The president’s position is actually quite precarious. He’s already at a historic low approval rating. With the multiple scandals, rampant corruption and the Mueller investigation, the only thing keeping him near 40 percent approval — and most important, approval among most Republicans — is a strong economy. That, and Fox cheerleading. But if he tanks the rural economy, he and his legacy are in deep trouble.

Furthermore, if the rural economy turns sour, much of rural America will abandon Mr. Trump, and Fox may have no choice but to follow.

Then it’s just a matter of time before they will turn with the hope that a Trump impeachment and a Pence presidency will save the economy, the conservative gains that have been made under Trump, and the Republican Party. They’ll believe that they have no choice, and it will be swift and ruthless.

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