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Related: About this forumThe GOP Civil War- and the Riptide That May Upend their House Majority
The GOP Civil War- and the Riptide That May Upend their House Majority10/08/2016 09:29 pm ET | Updated 9 hours ago
Nathan Newman Professor, Policy Analyst
The civil war between Trump supporters and other Republicans was inevitable, if not before the election than afterwards.
I am really hoping that there is a core of 5-10% of the population in that Trump base that will look to punish the down ballot GOP for betraying Trump, which could be the wave or rather riptide that yanks the Congressional majority away from the Republicans. A large number of Trump supporters may vote for him at the top of the ticket and deliberately skip voting for GOP Senate and House candidates perceived as betraying Trump. That undervote will be the riptide that could doom Republicans.
Trump is going to leave the campaign with his brand, reputation and probably most of his business deals in tatters but with a mailing list of millions of white misogynist nationalists worshiping him and looking for him to lead them in a crusade. Riding the circuit of his crazed followers will be a place where he basks in the adulation he obviously craves and will likely be the only venues available for that so it seems unlikely for him to abandon his followers. A new television or other media setup with Roger Ailes and others seems likely to further this fight.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-newman/the-gop-civil-war--and-th_b_12410998.html?
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The GOP Civil War- and the Riptide That May Upend their House Majority (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Oct 2016
OP
Or tell them if they must vote they should only vote for pu$$y grabber Trump
workinclasszero
Oct 2016
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randome
(34,845 posts)1. Go, Tea Party!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)4. I hope the deplorables totally destroy the republican party
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)2. I have said many times that a party is in serious trouble
If it has another operating within its ranks. We saw it with the Labour Party and Militant Tendency during the 80s, and the same thing happened to the GOP and the Tea party in the US. I would caution the Democratic Party not to let the same problem happen to them.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)3. It might be wishful thinking, but I'm all for it....
I think I'll start telling Trump voters to skip the election.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. Or tell them if they must vote they should only vote for pu$$y grabber Trump
to teach those mainstream GOP sellouts a lesson!
wcast
(595 posts)6. This is why some GOPers are running from him.
All calculated but hopefully they pay this price.