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Trump is losing support among GOP senators
Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 7:15:03p EDT
by Kerry Eleveld
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Democrats have for years wondered "what if" Murkowski were to become an independent senator and caucus with Democrats. Given their heavy lift to keep the Senate this cycle, a Murkowski flip could be the difference between majority and minority status for Democrats. Now the longtime Alaska senator seems to be in wait-and-see mode given that the center of gravity within the Senate Republican caucus might move in an even more MAGA direction once Mitch McConnell steps down as caucus leader later this year.
But Murkowski also wasn't the only GOP senator balking at Trump's praise for the convicted Jan. 6 rioters, whom he calls "hostages" and pledges to pardon if elected.
"I was the last Senate member out of the chamber on January the 6th," Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina told Raju. "I saw Capitol police members bleeding, bruised, and I saw damage to a certain extent as we were exiting. To call those people patriots is not in my lexicon.
Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota echoed Tillis. "Those individuals that have been found guilty, I do not consider them to be patriots," he said.
Neither senator suggested they would break with Trump over his Jan. 6 betrayal, but their public defiance of him is still notable.
During the Trump era, Americans have grown used to virtually all elected Republicans rolling over for Trump while privately telling reporters they despise him. But eight years into Trump's hostile takeover of the Republican Party, we may be starting to see a tipping point among a small slice of old-guard Republicans who actually value the Constitution and see little left for them to rally around in a party dominated by Trump.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/27/2231889/-Anti-Trump-sentiment-among-GOP-lawmakers-may-be-small-but-it-s-growing
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Day One Dictator Trump could dismiss the legislature. That's what dictators do.
bucolic_frolic
Mar 28
#1
Leaving the Republicans, but still caucusing with them and voting with them is nothing more that a gesture.
DFW
Mar 28
#7
Yet, they still vote in Congress the way he wants them to, so as mentioned in another
4lbs
Mar 28
#17
80-100 Republican Representatives are voting with Democrats to get legislation passed and prevent a government
Martin68
Mar 28
#18