Bets on who the Cowardly 30 might be?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

The Cowardly 30, of course, relates to reports that up to 30 Republican Senators would be willing to vote to convict and remove Donald Trump from office.....but only if it were a secret ballot and nobody knew about it.

I don't know if I could conjure up 30, but here's who I assume might be included on the list:

Romney--UT (probably the most obvious)
Burr--NC
Collins--ME
Murkowski--AK
Rubio--FL
Sasse--NE
Tim Scott--SC


And going out on a ledge and including this one:

Graham--SC--Because you know Trump is obviously blackmailing him and has zero respect for him and he probably hates looking at himself in a mirror at this point.

Same might be said for Cruz--TX. Perhaps Paul--KY as well. Not that it make either of them any more likeable but we know there's historical bad blood from the primaries.

The rest...God if I know. Any thoughts?

Here's a handy list of all 53 cowards:

https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/senate-resources/republican-senators

[gopiscrap]

1. Gardner CO

[Pachamama]

2. Trump will be calling them names soon like "Dirty Thirty"...

They will be historical heroes....

[Pachamama]

3. Ted Cruz....

Still has to defend Heidi's honor and revenge is sweet...

[global1]

4. All Those That Trump Dumped On - On His Climb Up He'll Be Meeting Again.....

on his way down. This time it's their turn.

[GoCubsGo]

5. Portman--OH

Also Ron Johnson. I'm thinking some of the old timers, like Alexander, Barasso, Cornyn, Enzi, Shelby, and Thune may be part of the list, as well.

I agree on Ted Cruz, as well. No doubt he still holds a grudge over the 2016 primary.

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. All the ones that went to Russia on the 4th of July.

And whatever other ones want this over with quick before they, themselves, get caught in the dragnet.

[SCantiGOP]

7. I bet his strongest supporters

Would secretly love to see him go so they could reclaim a shred of their integrity and not have to defend the asshole.
A secret vote could be 100-0, with Pence asking whether he could vote too.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. You could probably add Portman on there

Portman--OH

And if Teabagger Toomey figures he could appear to be "swing" (since he's not up until 2022), then he might be added -

Toomey--PA

And I'll go out on a limb and maybe suggest Ayn Rand Paul too...

Paul--KY

ALSO - consider Roy Blunt from MO

Blunt--MO

In fact - I found a list of the 12 who voted to block the "national emergency" bullshit and they included some on your original list and my above list plus-

Lamar Alexander
Mike Lee
Jerry Moran
Roger Wicker

So in summary, you might want to add -

Portman--OH
Toomey--PA
Paul--KY
Blunt--MO
Alexander--TN
Lee--UT
Moran--KS
Wicker--MS

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. Good analysis.

Added to my 7, we have 15.

Someone suggested Gardner, so that would make 16.

And if we include a secretly bitter and angry Lindsay Graham, a.k.a. "Reek", we're at 17.

And if Ted Cruz still loves his wife who Trump insulted during the primaries, we're at 18.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. One thing though - I just found this meme so...

might want to also reconsider some, although a lot has happened in a year -





I still think Lindsey will get as close as he can to going down with the ship before he bails.

Another might be Shelley Capito from WV AND since Mike Enzi isn't running after the end of his term, he might be a possible so - Enzi-WY. In fact, here is a list of GOP Senators who won't be running again -

In the Senate, Republicans are losing four veteran committee chairmen: Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Pat Roberts of Kansas, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, and Mike Enzi of Wyoming.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/retirement-congress-2020-hurd-alexander/596965/

So in summary, 4 other additional possibles (who would have nothing to lose) -

Capito--WV
Enzi--WY
Roberts--KS
Isakson--GA