The Memo: GOP fears damage done by Trump

[applegrove]

BY NIALL STANAGE at the Hill

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/347176-the-memo-gop-fears-damage-done-by-trump

"SNIP.............


As a week dominated by President Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., draws to a close, many Republicans are worried that serious damage has been done to their party.

Specifically, they argue that Trump may have set back by years efforts to make the GOP more appealing to an increasingly diverse American electorate.

.......

One veteran Republican strategist, who asked for anonymity to speak candidly, told The Hill that Trump’s response was “a f- - -ing disaster.” The source added, “I have no idea where we go from here.”

.......

The strategist who described Trump’s comments as a “disaster” said that the best way forward for candidates in next year’s midterms could be to run on local issues to avoid “nationalizing” their races. But even that might not be enough, the strategist added.

................SNIP"

(edited to say that they still like the Trump coalition).

[samnsara]

1. oh boohoo as if he didnt give y'all enuff reason to NOT support him in the first place? sheesh.

[Iliyah]

2. boo hoo

GOP own it.

[central scrutinizer]

3. They're gonna be glad Obamacare is still in place

Imagine throwing thousands of angry uninsured families into the mix

[dchill]

4. NOW they're worried?

Well, OK. Good. I guess they like their racism a little more subtle.

[Codeine]

5. It's okay to BE racist, just don't stand up

and outright state it, I guess.

[WestSeattle2]

6. Just remember, in the not too distant future when they try to wash their hands of

this con man, four-fifths of Republicans supported him as of August 2017. 80% of the Republican party continue to support Trump. Trump and the Republican party are one and the same. Joined at the hip. They own this travesty, lock, stock, and barrel.

[Bluepinky]

7. If the GOP wants to appeal to a more diverse electorate

the party should start by condemning the Nazi's and other racist groups, and then try actually supporting diversity.
Can't put all the blame on Trump, they have to also blame McConnell, Ryan and most of the Republicans in office, as well as a sucky party platform.

[Vogon_Glory]

8. I tried to find sympathy, but I don't have any

Republican voters put Thump in the White House with the full support of the Republican Party's party machinery. Trump ran a race-baiting, xenophobic campaign. I have no pity, none, for the Trumpsters, the Right, or the Republicans that put him in office. I hope and pray decency returns to American politics and I hope that the electorate turns on them in fury.

[DFW]

9. No, only the Graham-McCain types fear that.

What they are apparently choosing to ignore is that they are no longer the mainstream of the Republican party. Bannon is.