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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsArticle: They Are Afraid
https://www.alternet.org/2020/02/they-are-afraid-democratic-senator-reveals-what-republicans-say-about-trump-behind-closed-doors/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3663Snip of article:
In a new op-ed published in the New York Times on the day Donald Trump was acquitted in his impeachment trial, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio called out his Republican colleagues for their fear of the president.
Behind closed doors, he said, GOP senators openly admit to Trumps flaws and misconduct:
In private, many of my colleagues agree that the president is reckless and unfit.T hey admit his lies. And they acknowledge what he did was wrong. They know this president has done things Richard Nixon never did. And they know that more damning evidence is likely to come out.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)enough
(13,262 posts)No logic, no evidence, no ethics, have any reality in their world.
catbyte
(34,447 posts)I hope not being primaried in the Senate was worth burying what was left of their integrity, all for a sleazy grifter and dictator wannabe and I hope more than one loses their precious job over their cowardice. They all make me sick.
unblock
(52,317 posts)And its passage effectively turned the Reichstag into a defunct institution.
But oh, sure, Donnie has learned his lesson and he'll be a little angel now
bucolic_frolic
(43,281 posts)The Full Hitler
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)Fucking traitors and scum !!!
coeur_de_lion
(3,681 posts)If they are so afraid of him why not take him out when they had the chance to?
They are not afraid of him. They like his behavior just fine.
ancianita
(36,133 posts)Texin
(2,597 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)Head on a pike and all that.
coeur_de_lion
(3,681 posts)If they were afraid of their heads ending up on a pike why not get rid of the man who made that threat?
Anyone would totally jump at that chance.
They like him just fine.
Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)Thats a high bar. Look what they did to Romney.
According to Sherrod Brown, they are all afraid to speak out publicly or do anything remotely heroic for fear of retaliation. Jeff Flake said much the same thing: a secret ballot would have convicted Trump.
llmart
(15,552 posts)they had a chance to make Pence President and they unanimously voted not to.
How disliked is Pence if they wouldn't jump at the chance to make him President?
Whiskeytide
(4,462 posts)... are afraid of his base. Or more accurately what he can do with his base.
Removing him from office would not cancel his twitter account or prevent him from doing press interviews. He would tell the base to primary them. The base has numbers sufficient in most red districts to make that happen. Many of the republican asshats that win the primaries would likely get killed in the GE, and suddenly republicans are dramatically out of power and democrats have a substantial majority in the house and senate.
Its partly self preservation of their own seats, and partly acting to try and save the partys influence. There was no way they could vote to remove him. It would have turned every ounce of power over to democrats.
Pluvious
(4,315 posts)Hotler
(11,445 posts)livetohike
(22,163 posts)rest of those smug jagoffs are just that - jerks.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)FirstLight
(13,364 posts)I swear, what can he do to them? tweet something awful? :eyeroll:
has so much dirt on McConnell, Nunes, Jim Jordan, Graham, he can take them all down.
I heard this on Randi Rhodes Show, she mentioned when he gets indicted he will present state evidence on them.
https://freespeech.org/
https://randirhodes.com/blog/randi-rhodes-show-2-7-20/
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)It's that machine that they fear which can destroy their lives and dreams. Trump is just currently a significant part of their execution team. They behave this way no matter who's in charge.
Before tRump, most Republican leaders had enough sense to conceal their dirty work. However, tRump does not give a shit and we're seeing the nasty underbelly of the right-wing in plain view.
I would submit it's those hidden ultra-wealthy supporters that they dare not cross such as the Mercer, Koch, and Murdoch groups, and a vast number of millionaires including Russians, Saudis and others which they've sold their souls to.....
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,763 posts)Stuart G
(38,445 posts)pat_k
(9,313 posts)He was my top pick. I was sad when he decided not to run. I really wish he had.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Maybe the field just got to crowded.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)... the decision not to run under the circumstances showed the good judgment that would have made him a good candidate.
sandensea
(21,664 posts)And as long as he can keep doing that, all is forgiven.
JGug1
(320 posts)I don't believe it. The Republicans are getting the government they want from Trump. They believe, correctly, that he has a very good chance to be reelected. Pence would not be elected. Google Atlantic Magazine and read the article on the immense propaganda machine that Trump has assembled.
Efilroft Sul
(3,581 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)maxrandb
(15,351 posts)When the evidence comes out, a shit ton of Retrumplicans are going to have to make a choice...go to prison, or flee to Argentina.
https://m.
OMGWTF
(3,975 posts)struggle4progress
(118,338 posts)were they just blinded by their own greed and ambition? Were they too naive to notice what was happening? Or were they so full of hatred that they didn't care? Our distinguished team of investigators asks the hard questions: Who the fuck cares why these shits act the way they do? Can't we just kick their fat asses to the curb and move on? Stay tuned!"
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)THAT is what they don't want to come out. To hell with covering for Trump. They're really covering their own asses.