Trump Saying Third-Party Threat Will Leverage GOP Senators into Acquitting Him in Impeachment Trial

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly saying that his threat to start another political party will get GOP senators to acquit him during his upcoming impeachment trial over the D.C. insurrection. From The Washington Post [emphasis ours]:

Multiple people in Trump’s orbit, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations, say Trump has told people that the third-party threat gives him leverage to prevent Republican senators from voting to convict him during the Senate impeachment trial. Trump advisers also say they plan to recruit opposing primary candidates and commission polling next week in districts of targeted lawmakers. Trump has more than $70 million in campaign cash banked to fund his political efforts, these people say.

Trump supporters raided the Capitol Building on January 6 as Congress was counting electoral college results for the 2020 presidential election. Then-President Trump continued to lie that he actually won and it was being stolen from him. The chaos followed a typically incendiary speech from the nearby Ellipse park.

“We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,” Trump said in existential terms.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-saying-third-party-threat-will-leverage-gop-senators-into-acquitting-him-in-impeachment-trial-report/ar-BB1d39g9?li=BBnb7Kz

Republicans are such spineless worms that this tactic may be successful.

[we can do it]

1. Makes zero sense.

[Thekaspervote]

17. It absolutely makes zero sense..but most of what the pukes do makes no sense

[Irish_Dem]

2. Threatening them has always worked before.

It is a very successful strategy.

[roamer65]

3. It's a win-win for Democrats.

Either way the Repuke party is going to break up into two pieces...a center right faction and a Dumpist faction.

Two roads to the same destination.

[Takket]

4. um, starting a third party to oppose the GOP is going to make him MORE likely to be convicted

the GOP doesn't want anyone taking a scrap of their power away.

[Blue_true]

21. With those cowards? I would not be so sure. In some way, they will give in to the

hostage taker

[stopbush]

29. Exactly. If he's convicted he can't run for Fed office, no matter the political party.

And if he can’t run for Fed office he loses the majority of his asshole followers. In the meanwhile, the Rs will rid themselves of the scourge.

[rso]

5. Third Party.

Sure, Republican senators can rest easy that Donnie will not start a third Party if they vote to acquit 😂

[Doodley]

6. We will see again how easy it is to buy Republican lawmakers who put their own interests first.

[RKP5637]

7. So, the deranged cowardly assholes will fall in line and believe his lies once more?

They are so lackluster and stupid, I almost believe this could happen. The totally gutless GOP. And some still have no idea what a sociopathic narcissist is/means. And constantly afraid of their base. FFS, term limits are needed to help get rid of nincompoops like this.

[Blue_true]

22. The majority of the GOP in the Senate are sociopathic narcissists.

So, they understand. The question is will any be patriots.

[RKP5637]

27. Yep, they call themselves patriots and the rest of their BS, and then usually do the opposite of

what a true patriot would do.

[MacKasey]

8. Republicans are cowards

They were afraid in 2016 that it they didn't let him run as a Republican, he would go third party and Hillary would win.

They could have told him he had to release his tax returns and sell his business to run as a Republican.

The drum beat should be "Trump threatens jury, only guilty people do this"

[RockRaven]

9. His threat *ought* to spur them to convict and disqualify him. His influence would be vastly

diminished by permanent sideline status. And you can't trust him, so making this "we won't convict if you don't start a new party" is a sucker's bargain. He'll get what he wants up front, and then later reverse himself just to show he can.

But they are really cowardly, or as stated spineless, so this stupid threat may actually work.

[RainCaster]

10. I'm sure that the true conservatives want DFT out

Moscow Mitch and his merry band of do-nothings would LOVE to see all the Trumpanzees leave the party. But without them, the DNC has the majority.

[brewens]

11. So if they acquit, he'll drop the third party? I don't think so, and the republican senators will

know that. This should blow up in his face like everything else. I was wondering what he was up to. I expected to see him call in to Dumb Fox and Friends and blubbering about losing the election.

[gulliver]

20. Agree

Trump gets his end of the deal up front, and Republicans get theirs later? I don't think they're that stupid.

[Bucky]

12. What an ironic person to be the one to call out Republicans as spineless quislings

[Brother Buzz]

13. Riddle me this, Sherlock

Why wouldn't the republicans vote to convict your sorry ass and make this third party shit a moot subject?

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. They are a lot of evil, dastardly things, but spineless they are not.

They will do ANYTHING to stay in power. They will fight tooth and nail against the Democratic Party to keep us from getting ONE law passed.

Yes, they are worms...dung worms, but they will fight till the end for their power.

All, JMO.

[Lucky Luciano]

15. He'll start a third party either way.

[Blue_true]

19. Exactly, too much money in that for him to pass up.

He is going to stab them, better to remove him and face a primary than get stabbed in the back after being a spineless coward.

[LiberalFighter]

28. Considering his history anyone involved will likely be involved in criminal activities.

And they will find their third party won't hold water.

[muntrv]

16. If they vote to convict, Hairman Goering cannot run for office.

[Blue_true]

18. Republican Senators have a choice.

Trump is going to stab any that don’t absolutely kiss his ass in the back, regardless of how they vote on convicting him. So they have a choice, be patriots and face a primary challenge fist first, or be sniveling cowards and get eliminated by Trump anyway after they have done his bidding and kept him relevant.

[CaptainTruth]

23. I would think such a threat would make them more likely to convict & bar from office.

Watching what Trumpers are saying online it seems pretty clear they want Trump running, not someone else. It's a cult & he's their cult leader. Barring him from running for office eliminates that threat.

I'm also seeing a lot of Trumpers turning on Trump, saying he claimed massive election fraud & got them all fired up about it & convinced the election would be overturned & then he just "put his tail between his legs" (as one of them said) & abandoned them & flew off to FL.

[Mr.Bill]

24. It speaks volumes of how Trump thinks republican government works

if he thinks Senators will vote in a Senate trial based on threats. What say you, republican Senators? Is that how you work? Your silence is incriminating.

[Vivienne235729]

25. I can't imagine that McConnell will be good with these demands.

It threatens his precious party and their ability to broker power.

[abqtommy]

26. I doubt that tRUMP read the old saying "there is no honor among thieves" in Mein Kampf but

he may get an inside view of the validity of the same saying! I'm keeping my fingers and toes and eyes crossed
to make that tRUMP's reality.