After Comey, Republicans worry about 2018 'wipeout'

[DonViejo]

BY KATIE GLUECK
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CORONADO, CALIF. - Former FBI Director James Comey has his share of Republican detractors, but senior GOP officials called his unceremonious firing by President Donald Trump nothing short of an optics disaster with potentially dramatic implications for the 2018 congressional contests.

Comey has been leading the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election and possible ties to Trump’s campaign, and he was abruptly fired on Tuesday. Trump said that it was time for a “new beginning” at the FBI, and certainly, Comey has become a lightning rod on both sides of the aisle.

But political leaders from Trump’s own party say the timing looks “terrible,” and they worry the move will fuel an already-energized progressive movement as 2018 congressional races begin to take shape.

“Regardless of the fact that he has every right to fire the FBI director, and regardless of whatever argument you can make in favor of having to fire Comey, at this time, it doesn’t look good,” said Jennifer Horn, the former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party, who has called for an independent investigation. “When you and your associates are being investigated, the optics of what he did and how he did it are terrible.”

News of the Comey firing broke just as the Republican National Committee’s spring meeting was getting underway at a luxe oceanfront resort here near San Diego. In interviews with current and former top RNC members on Wednesday, veteran Republicans called the timing politically problematic, with some warning of potentially serious consequences for the 2018 midterms.

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[Zoonart]

1. My first genuine laugh of the day. THANKS GOP!

[WoonTars]

2. Let's hope so!

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[RKP5637]

3. 2018, time to flush the toilet of republicans!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Republicans should be worried.....

that their majorities in both Houses of Congress are up for grabs.

How do House Republicans defend their votes on Health Care? People affected by losing their health coverage are paying attention.

How do they defend Trump and his authoritarian dictatorship ways? They cannot! They know that the Comey firing IS related to the investigation into the Trump-Russia connection.

As Admiral Yamamoto stated after the devastation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, "All we have done is awaken a sleeping giant".

The sleeping giant is the American people and we have awoken.

[underpants]

5. People like and respect the FBI

Dumbass move

[RKP5637]

7. The collective functioning IQ of the WH crew is amazingly low and controlled. n/t

[HughBeaumont]

6. Doubtful. Americans love these country-destroying schmucks.

Republican is the American default and admission of error (even with the facts of obvious collusion staring you dead in the eyes) is a Cardinal SIN in Conservatopia.

I would rely on telling people how you're better, specific PLANS to make their lives better and how you're going to accomplish this despite the hyper-Capitalist takeover OF America.

[Bleacher Creature]

8. It's not hyperbole to say this this is the entire ballgame.

Seriously, the moment Republicans realize that they have more to fear by supporting Trump, his Presidency is over.

[0rganism]

9. and only two years too late

now that the horses are gone, it's time to close the barn door?

McConnell's flat rejection of an independent investigation (instead of simply tying it up in subcommittees) tells me he's not worried about 2018

[NastyRiffraff]

10. For once, I hope these Republicans are right!

And I think they are. Democrats need to keep the Russian issue and Dump's constant efforts to squelch it in front of the public for the next year+.

[Gothmog]

11. I can not wait to see how the generic ballot numbers move

[mopinko]

12. so when do they start trying to convince voters

that they are heroes who stood up to the despot?

[TNLib]

13. What pisses me off is they seem to be only worried about their own skins

What about the fact there is a traitor in the White House letting the Russian come and go as they please and locking out the American Press.

[Guilded Lilly]

14. Go after women, they don't care, go after LGBT, they don't care...

Go after taking care of children AFTER they are born, nahhh...but go after their ability to get their druuuugs, the Stupid care! (A bit harsh I know but I am pissed)

Trump should have offended Republicans to the core from the moment he mocked the disabled. They should have turned their backs on him when he proved himself a sexist scumbag. That should have been scuzzy enough for them to be Americans first instead of politicians.

But no.
Now they can account for all the shit they have enabled. They own the murderous RyanCare Act, the insidious woman hate, the disrespect of nature, the abusing the earth.
Let them all lose it all.