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kentuck

(116,029 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:02 PM 20 hrs ago

The polls are getting dangerously low for the Republicans...

And they are beginning to show the pressure.

If today's meeting between Trump and the Republicans is any indication, they are beginning to crack.

Yesterday, four Republicans voted with the Democrats to withdraw the forces from Iran. He doesn't realize it but they are saving the country from a costly war and saving Trump from himself. This was the best deal possible for him. There is no honorable way out. Just as there was no honorable way in.

In today's meeting, there was a reported shouting match between Trump and Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. They were shouting at each other. Obviously the nerves are frazzled. Trump did not like it that the Senate voted for the War Powers Act, the first time in history that both the House and Senate had voted for the Act.

No doubt, they are reading the polls and Trump keeps falling farther in the hole with each passing day. Republicans see their power slipping away and they do not want Trump in their districts. Unlike the past, he has become poison to their campaigns.

Although it may be too late to save their seats, it is still refreshing to see a living, breathing Republican show a backbone.

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The polls are getting dangerously low for the Republicans... (Original Post) kentuck 20 hrs ago OP
Amazing how it always takes a primary loss to see these guys mr715 20 hrs ago #1
they will simply up the voter suppression efforts Skittles 20 hrs ago #2
And intimidation. Armed goons all over. 2020 was practice. orthoclad 20 hrs ago #6
Bannon was asking for ICE and "others" to show up armed at the polls... kentuck 19 hrs ago #7
Yeah, his remarks about gun laws in states orthoclad 1 hr ago #11
Hope they don't fold on the SAVE act. hookaleft 20 hrs ago #3
The Postmaster General testified before the Senate today... kentuck 20 hrs ago #5
There are many lawsuits against this hookaleft 18 hrs ago #9
There are many polls. Norrrm 20 hrs ago #4
They never acted like they were afraid of losing their seats. Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #8
Time to cheat EnergizedLib 18 hrs ago #10

Skittles

(173,621 posts)
2. they will simply up the voter suppression efforts
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:10 PM
20 hrs ago

they cannot run on their shitty policies

kentuck

(116,029 posts)
7. Bannon was asking for ICE and "others" to show up armed at the polls...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:22 PM
19 hrs ago

It's the "others" we need to worry about.

orthoclad

(5,089 posts)
11. Yeah, his remarks about gun laws in states
Thu Jun 25, 2026, 03:00 PM
1 hr ago

He's calling for paramilitary goon squads like in '20. Was that Phoenix, where they had a big confrontation?

Expect every evil tactic they've tested in the past, plus some new ones.

kentuck

(116,029 posts)
5. The Postmaster General testified before the Senate today...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:16 PM
20 hrs ago

And he told them that the USPS would not be delivering paper ballots to those states that refuse to give up their voter rolls.

hookaleft

(1,290 posts)
9. There are many lawsuits against this
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:22 PM
18 hrs ago

NAACP says US Postal Service mail-in voting plan violates settlement
https://www.reuters.com/world/naacp-says-us-postal-service-voting-plan-violates-settlement-2026-06-03/

Federal Court Hears Challenge to Trump Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Ballots
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/federal-court-hears-challenge-trump-executive-order-restricting-mail

Attorney General Rayfield Moves to Permanently Block President Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting, Exerting Control over Elections
https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ag-rayfield-moves-to-permanently-block-trumps-order-restricting-mail-voting/



Norrrm

(6,082 posts)
4. There are many polls.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:14 PM
20 hrs ago

There are many polls.

Pick the one you like and swear by it.

Swear at the others.

....................
That's why candidates sometimes refer to mystery polls that no one can locate to check.

Baitball Blogger

(52,894 posts)
8. They never acted like they were afraid of losing their seats.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:38 PM
19 hrs ago

Which is why I'm surprised they didn't pass the Save Act. It was like they volunteered to go on this collision course from the time Trump came into office, fully aware that their time in the sun would be over come the midterms.

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