Republican megadonors had high hopes for a weekend retreat. Then Trump took the stage

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Wealthy Republican donors were reportedly ready for a big weekend in Palm Beach with the Republican National Committee, chock full of strategizing, power points, and a clear vision to regaining congressional majorities in 2022.

Instead, they received a weekend of misdirection and deflation courtesy of Donald Trump, who delivered the keynote address Saturday night at his Mar-a-Lago resort. But Trump effectively hung over the entire getaway like a dark cloud of grievance, always at the ready to rain on Republicans’ revival parade after he cost them the House, the Senate, and the White House.

In fact, the best framework for assessing the complicating factor of Trump as Republicans try to retake the House and the Senate is viewing it through the lens of the shadow he cast over the January runoff bids of Georgia's two GOP senators. Try as they might, Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue couldn't escape the pall of Trump's capriciousness and endless grousing long enough to generate a coherent message that stood separate them from Dear Loser.

Already, Trump is serving as the same foil to GOP efforts in the midterms. He's competing with them for fundraising, urging his cultists to send their donations to his own Save America PAC instead of "RINOS," or Republicans in Name Only. Trump currently has $85 million cash on hand to the RNC's $84 million. He's bent on making his perceived detractors pay for their disloyalty and demanding primaries that could hobble the GOP in the general election. And he simply cannot get past the fact that he was 2020's biggest loser long enough to let anyone reimagine the future because, goddess forbid, what if he didn't dominate that vision.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/4/12/2025534/-Republican-megadonors-had-high-hopes-for-a-weekend-retreat-Then-Trump-took-the-stage

I'm sorry but what the fuck did you guys expect?

[CrispyQ]

1. The GOP, decades of getting in bed with the worst sort,

& now surprised they've lost control of their party. I'd laugh if they weren't do so damned much damage.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I was kinda hoping they would dump the loser. But, having the soiree where they had it...

blew that hope away.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. As long as rump sees a way to scam more money out of his 'marks', he's not going away either.

Such an easy way to score money, when all of his other businesses have failed so miserably.

They are only hurting themselves. No one else to blame but themselves and in a way, I enjoy seeing them inflict so much damage on themselves. Serves them right.

[wryter2000]

5. Lindsey Graham predicted he'd ruin the party of he became the nominee in 2016

"And we'll deserve it."

I'm so enjoying his ruin of the Republican party. Now, we just have to guarantee that people can vote.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. I remember that the GOP had to backtrack on people voting when rump told people to not

vote...and then afterwards, the gop thugs had to actively get people to get out and vote too.

Talk about damaging one's own brand, eh? The gop thugs simply pick a red button issue, and then run with it, not caring about the optics or anything. They simply just like running their gutter mouths off, and competing w/ each other for who can come up w/ the most shocking one liners.

They are not interested in working w/ anyone else, they are not interested in resolving issue(s) or anything like this. They basically want a platform to mouth off (I guess it's better than ranting and raving in Mom and Dad's basement).

LG didn't have a monopoly on predicting that the repug. party would be ruined if rump was the nominee. I think a huge swath of people in DU predicted this too, as well as other knowledgeable leaders of the democratic party (Nancy P., Chuck S., others).

[Claire Oh Nette]

7. Euphemisms or synonyms?

As long as rump sees a way to scam more money out of his 'marks', he's not going away either.

"campaign contributions"
"donors"


"start up capital"
"investors"


"profit"
"customers"


"bettors"
"wagers"


The GOP is a fancy, dressed up, bookie, and their whole economic policy is a Casino. They are grifters and conmen in suits with law degrees.

The GOP needs to be killed, divided into small pieces, burned, and its ashes buried in quart jars in a pet cemetery.

[lagomorph777]

4. If you don't want the Turd in your punchbowl, don't hold your party at Merde-A-Farto.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. They are stuck with him

They thought they could move on, he's got more control of their party than ever.

And I keep saying it, but the one thing they will rue is handing control over so much fundraising to him. He's going to absolutely hold candidates ransom with the money he's collecting. And he'll grift a good 40% also.

[PortTack]

9. I understand they've taken to calling him "the ground hog day" president. Fits!

[Hekate]

10. I don't know whether this is a bad thing or a good thing for Democrats...

...but it seems the Groundhog Day of Grievances is ripping the GOP apart, and he holds more money than the RNC.

[tanyev]

11. Snake. Took him in. Oh well.