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The president's grip on the party is loosening amid a coronavirus backlash and fears of an electoral bloodbath.
By JOHN F. HARRIS and MELANIE ZANONA
10/09/2020 07:35 PM EDT
For Republicans, fearful of a possible electoral disaster just weeks away, it has become safe at last to dis Donald Trump or at least to distance themselves from him in unmistakably purposeful ways.
A barrage of barbed comments in recent days shows how markedly the calculus of fear has shifted in the GOP. For much of the past four years, Republican politicians were scared above all about incurring the wrath of the president and his supporters with any stray gesture or remark that he might regard as not sufficiently deferential. Now, several of them are evidently more scared of not being viewed by voters as sufficiently independent.
This is far from an insurrection. Republicans in the main arent outright repudiating Trump. But they are effectively rolling their eyes in exasperation with him, and especially his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the most vivid recent examples:
* Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas acknowledging in a Friday interview with CNBCs Squawk Box that hes worried about the election, which he warned could be a bloodbath of Watergate proportions for his party, depending on how voters view the pandemic and economy on Election Day.
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The president's grip on the party is loosening amid a coronavirus backlash and fears of an electoral bloodbath.
By JOHN F. HARRIS and MELANIE ZANONA
10/09/2020 07:35 PM EDT
For Republicans, fearful of a possible electoral disaster just weeks away, it has become safe at last to dis Donald Trump or at least to distance themselves from him in unmistakably purposeful ways.
A barrage of barbed comments in recent days shows how markedly the calculus of fear has shifted in the GOP. For much of the past four years, Republican politicians were scared above all about incurring the wrath of the president and his supporters with any stray gesture or remark that he might regard as not sufficiently deferential. Now, several of them are evidently more scared of not being viewed by voters as sufficiently independent.
This is far from an insurrection. Republicans in the main arent outright repudiating Trump. But they are effectively rolling their eyes in exasperation with him, and especially his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the most vivid recent examples:
* Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas acknowledging in a Friday interview with CNBCs Squawk Box that hes worried about the election, which he warned could be a bloodbath of Watergate proportions for his party, depending on how voters view the pandemic and economy on Election Day.
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Republicans are finally ready to diss Don (Original Post)
JoeOtterbein
Oct 2020
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StClone
(11,688 posts)1. No they can't. Trump is them on steroids!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)2. They made their bed
jayfish
(10,039 posts)3. Sorry,...
you don't get to slink away three weeks before your day of reckoning. Sanity willingly, you will reap what you have sown. ...soon.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)4. Trouble in paradise? Tots and pears!
Let me get my hankie, miniature violin, some cheese to go with their whine, and call the wahmbulance.
They should not be allowed to do his disgusting bidding for four years, then pretend they are just so disgusted with him. Nope. Not at all. He is the albatross that they can all wear around their necks right through election night.
JDC
(10,135 posts)5. Gosh, rolling their eyes at the handling of the pandemic
How brave. Next they'll be speaking out and saying his tweets aren't helpful.
Such integrity and grit.
Xolodno
(6,401 posts)6. The GOP at the roulette table....
...bet everything on Red.
Marble stops and dealer announces, black.
GOP: DAMN!