The GQP opposition to the slush fund

[moniss]

has been and will be played up as the party "standing up" to things. Going into the midterms this will be played to the voters as "proof" that they are independent of Crumb the 1st. This strategy will aim heavily at discouraged GQP voters to get them to the polls and independent voters to try and convince them that there is a true "independence" in the party.

How much of this may have been the "Plan B" or secondary thinking by the political operatives in the WH/GQP? Some of this "outrage" by GQP members and others in the cabal has seemed "structured" to say the least. Crumb The 1st is not the only thing in all of this that stinks to high heaven.

I expect to see more "independent" stances touted by the GQP as they try to convince discouraged voters and independents to vote for a leopard who is supposedly changing its' spots. Any of them reelected will immediately fall back in line as they court being accepted as true MAGA faithful.

All the words of supposed "opposition" to certain things will be treated as "forgotten" just like their words of outrage over January 6th. A clear example of this is Lindsey Graham who holds the rare distinction of having a former job title of JAG official also describe him as a person.

[Betty Boom]

1. What is GQP?

I wish that people would stop using these terms that are not universally understood. I know that people think it’s cute to come up with their own little nicknames for these awful people in power, but not everybody is clued in. If you’re gonna use an acronym, the standard practice in writing is to define it the first time that you use it.

[niyad]

2. When it was first used in krasnov's first term, it referred to the gop as

the party of q-anon, if you remember that insanity. The OP did not come up with their own cute little nickname, but using something that has been around for years.

[Betty Boom]

10. I had never seen it

And I consume news on many different platforms. Again, standard practice with a non-standard non- universally recognized acronym is to define it the first time it is used.

[Skittles]

3. I'd just assume it's combining the greedy old pig party and q-anon

IOW, nutcases

[moniss]

6. The Q movement is something well known as being fundamental

with the MAGA adherents. This has gone on for several years now and the use of GQP has been in use for a very long time and over the last many years the references across the internet using GQP to indicate the intersection and identity of the GOP and the Q movement are in the millions. It is not new.

If I were to describe political parties and mention the Know Nothings or Whigs I am not going into digressions to explain their names. Usually if someone, in the course of reading anything, comes across something they don't understand or have no knowledge of the recommended practice is to "look it up" aka do your research.

My use of GQP is not a "one off" or something unique to me that I "came up with". It is not "my own" term or designation by any stretch.

[Betty Boom]

11. Non mainstream and fringe, in other words

I have never seen it, and I consume news on many different platforms. Again, standard practice with a non-standard non-universally recognized acronym is to define it the first time it is used.

And usually an author has a responsibility to write with clarity that doesn’t necessitate the reader deciphering what they’re saying by using secondary sources.

[70sEraVet]

4. I still like 'RepubliKKKans'.

The visual of it is effective.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

5. This nothing but bait and switch

As soon as the reconciliation bill is passed, Trump and Blanche will continue to move forward with the slush fund. There is no reason to believe anything that comes out of this White House. And let’s not forget that the deal on the audit is still in place. And that is just as much a theft of taxpayer dollars as the slush fund. Democrats need to hammer that point home.

[underpants]

7. Agreed. This blew up in his face so badly it wasn't hard to " make a stand"

It stinks to high heaven.

[mopinko]

8. common 'election eve' tactic.

let ppl in tight races object to/vote against something unpopular.

[Happy Hoosier]

9. They really are just trying from rein Trump in just enough...

... that the rubes don't finally understand what the game is. They want the grift to go on...

[Boo1]

12. Don't buy it

There's not threading the needle.

People who don't like Trump aren't going to vote to Republicans regardless of if they can point to some obscure thing that didn't end up happening and people who do like him aren't going to vote for congressmen who stand up to him a little.