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Miles Archer

(22,468 posts)
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:47 PM 6 hrs ago

REPUBLICANS at HALF-EMPTY "conservative summit" piss and moan about the rapist and felon who sits on the throne

“He’s everything our founders feared. Say it. Believe it,” Former Republican lawmaker Joe Walsh said, adding that Trump's “authoritarian-embracing cult” is “a threat to everything I love.”

Retired Gen. Mark Hertling, former commander of U.S. military forces in Europe, said U.S. allies have asked him whether the country's institutions "can ever be trusted again."

“Our nation’s institutions have been shaken. Our alliances have been strained. Our credibility has been damaged. And our nation’s values have been cast aside,” he said.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said there seemed to be growing animosity toward Trump within the Republican Party, citing a recent poll that found 25% of Republicans don't approve of Trump's job performance.

“It’s like any show that’s on TV for a long time — the ratings start to go down. And the ratings are going down,” Christie said. “I am willing to bet you that by next February, this room is going to be twice the size of what it is now. After the midterms, you watch.”

https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-2675292543/

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REPUBLICANS at HALF-EMPTY "conservative summit" piss and moan about the rapist and felon who sits on the throne (Original Post) Miles Archer 6 hrs ago OP
I appreciate the negative TrumpenFuhrer statements but I still have a foul taste in my NoMoreRepugs 6 hrs ago #1
I do too... agingdem 6 hrs ago #3
Oh hey, Chris Christie thinks it's a ratings issue. perfessor 6 hrs ago #2

NoMoreRepugs

(11,912 posts)
1. I appreciate the negative TrumpenFuhrer statements but I still have a foul taste in my
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:50 PM
6 hrs ago

mouth after reading “conservative comments.”

agingdem

(8,809 posts)
3. I do too...
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:24 PM
6 hrs ago

they turned a blind eye to Trump's agenda of revenge/bigotry/self-dealing/entertaining America's enemies/a military attack on Venezuela/threatening to buy or attack Greenland/a tariff-destroying economy/an incompetent grifting Epstein cabinet...but now that his approval numbers are swirling the toilet they're upset...

perfessor

(365 posts)
2. Oh hey, Chris Christie thinks it's a ratings issue.
Sun Feb 22, 2026, 06:13 PM
6 hrs ago

It’s not, you doofus. It’s a human rights issue. A democracy issue. A rampant authoritarianism issue. A constitutional issue. An intelligence issue. I could go on all day.

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