Republicans turn on Trump after Georgia AND Capitol debacle

By artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:46am |

“When asked why Republicans didn’t prevail on Tuesday, a senior Senate Republican aide simply said: ‘Donald J. Trump.’”

https://t.co/Jqh78Mj2GB
— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) January 6, 2021

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https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/republicans-turn-on-trump-georgia-loss-455305

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Trump’s devastation of the Republican Party is nearly complete

Op-ed by Karen J. Tumulty @ WashingtonPost.com, Jan. 6

It is time for Republicans to face an uncomfortable but increasingly obvious truth.

President Trump is just not that into you.

He never has been.

To Trump, the party of Lincoln was a rental vehicle, one that he took for a joyride and is getting ready to turn back in, with trash jammed under the seats and stains covering the upholstery. Also, the tank is empty, and there’s a crack in the windshield [....]

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 11:27am

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 11:32am

Jonathan Swan points out that

Team McConnell makes clear they’re not declaring war on Team Trump. https://t.co/MnPoKuklwJ
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 6, 2021

as Holmes is Former Chief of Staff and campaign manager to U.S. Sen. Leader Mitch McConnell.

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 11:39am

Lindsey Graham is moving on, he has chosen to change the subject. He tweeted this 5 minutes ago. I would be willing to bet this is a poll tested action as advised by political consultants and that the editors at The Federalist are onboard, that it is a fruitful way to attack the incoming administration as a minority party in Congress:

Cities that have reduced their police budgets - and declared war on the police themselves - are seeing tremendous spikes in crime & loss of business.

To the Squad and others who want to #DefundThePolice in Congress - I will fight you at every turn. https://t.co/S4EzKLEZbU
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 6, 2021

Note the sub headline: If you want to know what the real-time self-destruction of a city looks like under Democrats’ dangerous ideology, Minneapolis offers the perfect model.

"The Squad" in general is going to be a favorite whipping boy, whatever they say or promote will be played up as representing Biden and his administration.

Helping the effort along will be if BLM-type movements continue to attack Democratic mayors and Democratic city administrations.

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:14pm

The demonization of Democrats will happen independent of anything BLM or the Squad, which has grown by two members, does

Biden will issue his plan for police

Democrats will vote on his plan.

Graham will play to the Fox News crowd which operates independent of actual facts.

Biden is a socialist according to Fox

There is nothing that can be said that will change the minds of people who would vote for Graham

If BLM is silent, they are terrorists

If BLM protests police abuse, they are terrorists.

Republicans have made life easy for BLM

Remember Cory Booker is a radical who will bring those people to the suburbs.

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:36pm

I certainly agree that BLM and other radicals on the left have been attacking elected Democratic administrations since June.

Edit to add: oh and I can almost already hear the screeching about moderate AG Merrick Garland. Will they be protesting outside his house, I wonder?

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:55pm

Every Democrat up for or running for election in 2022 can start the speech with, "We are the only party that believes in democracy"

Next show videos of Proud Boys in D.C. supporting Republicans who are attempting a coup

Then show Republicans in Congress delaying certification of the Electoral College results.

Then ask the Republican opponent where they stand on sedition.

The above will pale in comparison to attempts to demonize BLM

Republicans believe that only they should be able to govern

Point to Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin

Stacey Abrams for Governor 2022

BTW, Democrats argue about everything, it is called democracy.

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 1:15pm

Possibly related that Keisha Lance Bottoms is treated as equal of Stacey Abrams in Biden Transition kudos? I wouldn't put it beyond them to be that savvy and forward looking as they and Biden have managed to navigate a incredibly difficult situation awesomely so far. Preparing the ground to pre-empt a reply of a shocking 1994 red landslide after a Clinton/Gore 1992 sweep?

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 1:11pm

The Republican backlash to the Biden victory is playing out in front of our eyes

People are terrified by what the Republican Party has become.

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 1:18pm

do you realize that you are saying that as if the Republicans are unified on a thread about them being devastatingly divided? Your Peter-Pan-like belief in two unified parties of loyal adherents in this country is just incredible sometimes. You cling to it almost like Trumpies cling to their delusions.

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 1:31pm

Democrats running in 2022 just have to show visuals of Republican actions taken in 2020. The Proud Boy conflicts with the wingnuts in Congress trying to block certification will be there for everyone to see.

It won't matter that some spoke up when there was no other option.

You can also play McConnell refusing to consider aid for people in need because of a pandemic

Gohmert suggesting violence along with Chip Roy are also options.

Graham flip-flopping from calling Trump crazy, to singing Trump's praises, to what appears to be another reversal is another option.

It will not be not about how united the Republicans were, but the mess they left behind for Biden to clean up.

Also note that there will still trumpies out there to aid the Democratic picture of the GOP

The GOP is a target rich environment

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 1:51pm

Trump supporters are breaching the Capitol building

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mollyhensleyclancy/trump-dc-maga-election-protests-capitol

Nothing to see here

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 1:56pm

Nothing to see here.

by ocean-kat on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 2:12pm

Ossoff passes .5% recount margin, 25k/0.6% lead

CANDIDATES %VOTE WINNER

Jon Ossoff 50.3% 2,222,133
David Perdue 49.7% 2,197,274

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 4:24pm

CBS News: some in Trump cabinet considering 25th amendment

“This is not news we deliver lightly”—

CBS News reports Trump Cabinet members are discussing potentially invoking the 25th Amendment.@margbrennan says it’s not yet formally presented to Vice President Pence.

“These are actual members of the cabinet”
pic.twitter.com/PrV2EkT7d4
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 8:50pm

Daily Beast: Trump Aides Beg Top Officials To Stay in the Administration for the Night

2) WH aides begging cabinet not to resign tonight. https://t.co/L8TQLUdgAO
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 8:53pm

Maggie Haberman is on the White House situation too, of course

Confirming @maggieNYT - White House aides intervened for "the sake of the country" per one source re Trump rebuffing national guard via me & @KFaulders https://t.co/2t28qvkOMB
— John Santucci (@Santucci) January 7, 2021

The president, a senior adviser says, has "lost it." He has been almost impossible to talk to throughout the day today, and has been watching the coverage of the Capitol.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 7, 2021

she retweeted

National security adviser Robert O'Brien, deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and deputy chief of staff Chris Liddell are all considering resigning, sources tell me, @jaketapper and @vmsalama.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 7, 2021

The White House social secretary Rickie Niceta has submitted her resignation tonight in reaction to today's protest, a source with direct knowledge tells @ABC
— John Santucci (@Santucci) January 7, 2021

she retweeted

One of the only aides in the press shop in the past year who actually responded to inquiries and questions. https://t.co/MdJPGCrjy6
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:04pm

House Judiciary Dems try to nudge on the 25th amendment buzz:

In a statement, House Judiciary Committee Dems urge VP Pence and members from President Trump’s cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution and remove Trump from office.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:36pm

Liz Warren on the 25th amendment rumors:

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the Cabinet should stop hiding behind anonymous leaks to reporters and do what the Constitution demands they do: invoke the 25th Amendment and remove this President from office. https://t.co/HUtUfeiTUP
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:47pm

Bill Barr quoted at 3:55 pm, don't know how much earlier he actually said it

From former Attorney General Bill Barr: “The violence at the Capitol Building is outrageous and despicable. Federal agencies should move immediately to disperse it.”
— Kerri Kupec (@Kerri_Kupec) January 6, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:11pm

Kellyanne Conway:

"If you condemned looting and rioting this summer, you must condemn it now." -@KellyannePolls
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) January 6, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:42pm

Haberman also seems to be trying to keep track of which pro-Trump Republicans are turning on him and which aren't after today's events, her retweets included:

Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers will reverse her position on challenging the election results.

"I have decided I will vote to uphold the Electoral College results and I encourage Donald Trump to condemn and put an end to this madness."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 7, 2021

Sen. Lankford, who has previously joined objections to Biden's Electoral College win, now condemning violent rioters ... "We're headed towards the certification of Joe Biden to be the president of the United States"
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 7, 2021

* sparked an outcry (sorry for dropped words) https://t.co/sMgCR3wYhm
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 7, 2021

Tom Cotton, whose op-ed in the Times calling for the insurrection act last summer during a wave of unrest over police killings of unarmed Black people, echoes his insurrection act call for the Capitol rioters and says 1/
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 7, 2021

"It’s past time for the president to accept the results of the election, quit misleading the American people, and repudiate mob violence. ... " 2/
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 7, 2021

"And the senators and representatives who fanned the flames by encouraging the president and leading their supporters to believe that their objections could reverse the election results should withdraw those objections." 3/3
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 7, 2021

Newly elected GOP Sen. Roger Marshall sticking with the EC objection.
— amy walter (@amyewalter) January 7, 2021

also those "resigning" from the GOP

I will no longer claim I am a Republican tonight as I am outraged and devastated by the actions of too many elected Republicans (some I know and served with) and supporters. Today a final line was crossed that I will not excuse. The GOP is NO more and left me and others behind. pic.twitter.com/Ertu4qYqyu
— Jim Nussle (@JimNussle) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:21pm

more: Rand Paul, Roy Blunt:

Just asked @RoyBlunt what he wants to hear from Trump tonight.

“I don’t want to hear anything,” he said.

Blunt called this the saddest day he’s been in Congress.
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 6, 2021

Rand Paul, per hill pool, says he does not think there will be any more objections to Joe Biden’s electoral college victory
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:35pm

Romney just finished his floor speech. It was good! He was mainly chiding his colleagues. This is just a quote from it:

Romney: "the best way we can show respect for the voters who are upset is by telling them the truth!" --sustained applause
— Katie Glueck (@katieglueck) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:27pm

Mattis' statement:

President Trump's former SecDef Jim Mattis rips into the President in a statement, saying, "Today’s violent assault on our Capitol, an effort to subjugate American democracy by mob rule, was fomented by Mr. Trump" pic.twitter.com/WCvxcPXpjp
— Vivian Salama (@vmsalama) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 9:29pm

Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch ally of President Trump, declares 'it is over' during his Senate floor speech, stating: 'Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are lawfully elected and will become the president and vice president of the United States on January the 20th'

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:16pm

Senate smacks down Trump supporters' challenge to his election loss in Arizona

6-93

Hawley, Hyde-Smith, Marshall, Tuberville, Cruz, Kennedy supported
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:27pm

Toomey; Chris Christie:

(thread)

“A demagogue chose to spread falsehoods,” @SenToomey said, directly faulting Trump for violence today
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 7, 2021

My comments tonight on @ABC about the conduct of @realDonaldTrump and the events today on Capitol Hill. https://t.co/L1iD06XYtr
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:33pm

Kinzinger:

This comes right after Matt Gaetz made a floor speech https://t.co/bEXbF8Deyj
— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:39pm

The Senate goes right into the Pennsylvania objection vote. No debate at all. They are done with this
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:23am

These seven voted to throw out the Pa electoral votes

Ted Cruz
Hawley
Lummis
Marshall
Rick Scott
Tuberville
Hyde-Smith

Also, when Mike Lee voted against the objection to Pa results, he said: “Hell no.”

Vote to throw out the results failed, 7-92
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:36am

the Senators turned by the day's events:

Senators who signed the Cruz letter pledging to reject electors, but did not reject electors
in PA or AZ:

Blackburn (TN)
Braun (IN)
Daines (MT)
Hagerty (TN)
Johnson (WI)
Lankford (OK) https://t.co/tnWwVfbqxj
— Bill Scher (@billscher) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:58am

Matt Gaetz sedition speech got a standing ovation from Republican pic.twitter.com/l6ayEp9Up6
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 2:08am

This story generated more than 250k likes, shares and comments on Facebook and was widely cited, incuding ont he Hosue floor by Gaetz. It was flimsy from the start but now XRVision tells me the story is "outright false, misleading, and defamatory.”
— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) January 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 11:49am

The great hunger for this misinformation is just one of the reasons why the actual culprits need to hear knocks on their doors as soon as possible.

by moat on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 1:13pm

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO STOP APPLAUDING..!! Name please....!

From the Gulag Archipelago:

... Here is one vignette from those years as it actually occurred.
A district Party conference was under way in Moscow Province.
It was presided over by a new secretary of the District Party
Committee, replacing one recently arrested. At the conclusion
of the conference, a tribute to Comrade Stalin was called for...

The small hall echoed with "stormy applause, rising to an ovation."
For three minutes, four minutes, five minutes, the "stormy applause rising to
an ovation," continued. But palms were getting
sore and raised arms were already aching. And the older people
were panting from exhaustion. It was becoming insufferably silly
even to those who adored Stalin. However, who would
dare be the first to stop?

The director of the local paper factory, an

independent and strong-minded man, stood with the presidium.
Aware of all the falsity and all the impossibility of the situation,
he still kept on applauding! Nine minutes! Ten! In anguish he
watched the secretary of the District Party Committee, but the
latter dared not stop. Insanity! to the last man! with make-
believe enthusiasm on their faces, looking at each other with
faint hope, the district leaders were just going to go on and on
applauding till they fell where they stood, till they were carried
out of the hall on stretchers! And even those who were left
would not falter.....Then, after eleven minutes, the director of
the paper factory assumed a businesslike expression and sat
down in his seat. and, oh, a miracle took place! Where had the
universal, uninhibited, indescribable enthusiasm gone? To a man
everyone else stopped dead and sat down. They had been saved!
The squirrel had been smart enough to jump off his revolving
wheel.

That, however, was how they discovered who the independent
people were. And that was how they went about eliminating
them. That same night the factory director was arrested. They
easily pasted ten years on him on the pretext of something quite
different.....

by NCD on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 12:49pm

From what I heard on CNN a short while ago, Pence is clearly turning. He's turning because Trump basically turned on him, didn't have any interest in protecting him yesterday.That is big as regards the future after Jan. 20.

A sort of "Matt Gaetz base" is not enough to get anywhere about much of anything without born again conservative Christians."Deep State" wins, investigating the nuts. We'll have to deal with the nuts until some scandal or another doesn't get them re-elected. There's always some in any country, deal with it.

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 1:35pm

Pence story now out on CNN.com, I posted it tweet link here and dupe below

Source close to the VP says Trump pressured Pence to engineer a coup, then put the VP and his family in danger. https://t.co/nCzD20UuQZ
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 1:41pm

Elaine Chao just resigned Transportation Secretary, announced on CNN TV just now; reason:yesterday.

MITCH'S WIFE!

(they have Carl Bernstein commenting on it right now, as in: Nixon's end--time to go.)

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 1:34pm

Officials confirms that Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is leaving as a direct result of President Trump’s response to yesterday. https://t.co/RJxD2HPqB9
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 1:42pm

Biden live on TV right now. Talking about the assault yesterday. Says will not talk about 25th amendment, wants to talk only about the Capitol assault yesterday and the importance of our judicial branch. Trump's contempt of rule of law is at fault, also attacking the free press as the enemy of the people..attacking the intel services...chosing Putin instead of those who have sworn their allegiance to the United States...deployed army against the people to hold the people upside down...appointed Trump judges, "his judges" to confirm his re-election, and they wouldn't. The independent judiciary are responsible for our democracy surviving, we owe them gratitude...segue to "his DOJ" (announcement coming)...basically a dictator using a mob...during a pandemic

Incredibly skillful speech at this point! Actually awesome fitting so many things into a few minutes.

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 1:52pm

“Danforth calls his support of Hawley the ‘worst mistake’ of his life”: Columnist Tony Messenger has this essay online at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. https://t.co/BCqtjsvyJF
— Howard Bashman (@howappealing) January 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 4:48pm

Anderson Cooper, at the opening of his CNN show is doing a long sort of big picture op-ed on the political zeitgeist, made an excellent point differentiating Mitch Mc Connell from the johnny come lately vote switchers in the Senate: Mitt's speech in support of accepting all the state certificates came before there was any indication of the breach of the Capitol and that it was clearly heartfelt. Took a lot longer than Romney, though

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 8:06pm

new NYTimes piece on the "splintering":

NEW: Leading Republicans, including some who’ve stood by Trump, say: enough @GovChristie urges Republicans to “separate message from messenger” because: “I don’t think the messenger can recover from yesterday.”

w @alexburnsNYT >https://t.co/vzeH4mD7tx
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 8, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 9:03pm

Tucker appears to want to keep his job at Fox, so going with the Lawr & Order splinter:

Tucker Carlson: Trump 'recklessly encouraged' Capitol rioters

@ TheHill.com - 01/07/21 09:49 PM EST

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/07/2021 - 10:00pm

Maybe Ro Khanna can go on Laura Ingraham's show and help her keep her job. That's bipartisanship. That's Entertainment.

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 01/08/2021 - 3:29am

Republicans turn on Trump after Georgia AND Capitol debacle

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