Or as Donald Trump jnr explained to the soon-to-be rioters (whom Ivanka called patriots ), the Republican Party needed a wake-up. All those Republicans in Congress, said Don jnr, did nothing to stop the steal. This gathering should send a message to them: This isn t their Republican Party any more. This is Donald Trump s Republican Party.
You tell em, Donny. The more you insist on that, the more principled Republicans will have to leave. And since a recent Quinnipiac survey showed that more than 70 per cent of Republicans still support Trump, you can be sure he will keep insisting it is his party and keep saying vile things that will constitute daily loyalty tests for all Republican lawmakers, forcing them to answer if they are with him or not. That stress will be enormous.
My No. 1 wish for America today is for the Republican Party to fracture, splitting off the principled Republicans from the unprincipled Republicans and Trump cultists.
Many of us, no matter what our political affiliation, are appalled at the events of Jan. 6 and those associated with them, including our congressmen are tainted by it.
Kinzinger made us and all of us who value democracy in Illinois so very proud, the polar opposite of the the despicable Il-15th representative who needs to go
- Flyin Elvis -Utah Chapter - Monday, Jan 11, 21 @ 10:17 am:
Last week, Bailey stated Kinziger wasn’t a Republican because he didn’t support Trump’s attempt to overthrow the election.
Wednesday didn’t change the fact that Bailey will be able to beat Kinzinger over the head with that in the primaries, and it will play like a fiddle south of I-64.
By the 2022 elections the GA will have solidified into law law enforcement reform and any remaining social issues. There will be no right leaning issues that could be implemented, and Kinzinger could indeed be a “moderate” voice for the suburbs possibly winning the primary.
USA Today blaming Trump for the insurrection and calling for his immediate removal. Eight Republican senators and 138 House members obsequiously bowed to Trump and endorsed his message to “stop the steal,” voting to invalidate the certified results from either Arizona or Pennsylvania. Two Cabinet members and several White House staffers have since resigned, with more considering the same. The stain left on the Trump presidency is akin to Lady Macbeth’s blood spot, one that will never wash away.
At the rally before the insurrection, Donald Trump, Jr. issued a warning for those opposing Trump: “This isn’t their Republican Party anymore,” he said. “This is Donald Trump’s Republican Party.”