This would be a good time for 1/2 doz Republican Reps and a few Senators to jump ship.

[OAITW r.2.0]

If they really give a shit about the future of this country.

[rampartd]

1. everyone agrees

except those republicans

[Jim__]

2. The longer Trump is allowed to break laws without consequences, the harder it becomes to put a stop to it.

He has to be stopped now! Or, he will be our new dictator.

[Hitorque]

5. The media normalized his criminality years ago

He's untouchable by any laws of God or man

[NameAlreadyTaken]

22. But not of nature

Feed him more cheesburgers

[doc03]

3. If McConnel, Lindsey Graham and McCarthy would havd stood their ground on

J7th we wouldn't be in this mess. If Garland and the SCOTUS had done their job, we wouldn't either.
I don't see any Republicans now with a backbone.

[Hitorque]

4. That ain't happening

One thing I envy about Republicans is they ALWAYS know when it's time to fall in line or circle the wagons...

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. If they do it, don't announce until it's done.

I think the entire party is captive now and fearful of the consequences to betray Trump.

[JBTaurus83]

7. Why would they do that?

They are all fascists. We need to stop hoping a Repig will do anything good.

[sakabatou]

8. Right now, they only care about staying in power and kissing Dump's ass

[Maru Kitteh]

9. As you know, they don't care. So, not happening.

The GeeOhPee had a real moment to wrest back their party and permanently neutralize this felonious self-fellator when he was impeached for January 6. They did not capitalize.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. CRAP. Susan Collins will be running in 2026.

After she objected to Turnip's tariffs (ME relies on natural gas from Canada, and it's damned cold up there right now, and ME has one of the poorest populations among US states) I felt a small glimmer of hope that she might consider becoming an Independent, like Angus King, the junior senator (who also served two terms as Governor). Doesn't look at all likely now.

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. She originally ran on term limits. I think that was 5 terms ago.

She's gutless. The polar opposite of another Republican Senator, Margaret Chase Smith.

[sheshe2]

26. She may be gutless...

however she is extremely concerned. Very, very concerned and that outweighs her gutlessness.

[Silent Type]

12. We ought to start mid-term primaries by summer, assuming we are still alive.

[msongs]

13. repubs are on the winning side with the best messaging. why quit? 47 is taking all the heat

[OAITW r.2.0]

19. I don't believe that actually. Many believe, but those that don't are probab;y fearful for themselves and their family'

lives. That is our political reality. The criminals are in control.

[returnee]

14. My thoughts exactly! n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

15. Kinda disappointed that more DUers are not on this thread.

There has to be a dozen Republicans in Congress that understand what the Trump Presidency is going to do their families' futures. That can't be this naive....can they?

[JustAnotherGen]

16. They won't

Kat Kay says,"they fear for their lives".

Despicable cowards.

[OAITW r.2.0]

17. The ugly reality. The crime boss is in control and Elon helped!

[ananda]

18. It would be, except that the Republicans have literally gone insane.

They are deeply, mentally ill, likely beyond help
or redemption.

[UTUSN]

20. The only "good time" they lived up to was finally after Watergate, maybe some at Civil Rights.

Just enough to keep us on the hook. Different time, vestige of belief in democracy is going fast now.

[OAITW r.2.0]

21. I don't believe this. I think there are Republicans in our Congress that do not want

to take this country where Trump is taking it. Time will tell.

[halobeam]

23. If I were them, I'd jump with as many as I could take with me. House and Senate.

Not sure how all of them would be disappeared.. idk, power in numbers seems all they got left. And I can’t believe either that they all want this direction. Likely more do not, than do.

It’s now or never for them, really, if that were the case.

Of course maybe most of them are blackmailed and would be destroyed, rather than disappeared. Isn’t that how Putin deals, gets dirt on them?

Guess time could tell, eventually. Who knows.

[Eyeball_Kid]

29. Jeffries is sending them out to their home towns and directing them

to do town halls. It's collective action. Millions are screaming for a national movement.

[Meowmee]

24. None will, I am certain of that

Our fate is in our hands now to stop this with whoever will help.

[Kid Berwyn]

25. The reasonable ones got primaried.

The replacements got “common sense.” Meaning: They're all treasonous.

Perhaps the public can pressure a few, but their real motivation is fear of King Dipshit.

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. It's not just "giving a shit."

There likely are a half dozen or so Republican members of Congress for which "jumping ship", or at least actively opposing Trump, resonates with their "life script"-- or a sequence of metaphors--and places them in an advantageous position where a "whole-ness" with one's self is possible. In some respects, this sounds like a bunch of hokum, but sometimes odd things drive people to act. You know this: Trump's "decisions" are getting increasingly loopy. And you know that, in restaurants all over New York and DC, Republicans are talking. They are being curt with their phrasing, but they're all saying the same thing: we didn't want all of this to happen. They'll talk to the press in a different way, but when the press isn't around, it's a different story. That's how people are, no matter the political leaning.

[stillcool]

28. and that one Democrat...or more

people are people...ya never know. There were Republicans the last time around that changed their tune. I'm sure they're all not totally in the loop, and the earth might be moving under their feet as well.

[Irish_Dem]

30. Musk said he would primary them, and will get death threats.

Also lose all the bribe money and election rigging.

[Jit423]

31. How about six in each House switch to Democrat?

They won't have to worry about primaries for the cult. Dems will vote for them during primaries and during the national elections. They just need to help us save our democracy and nation.

[elocs]

32. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. n/t

[Bettie]

33. Except they don't

give a single shit about the future of this country.