Trump has previously sparked criticism for swipes at servicemembers.

  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Yeah people say “hold up”, then a week later they’re endorsing him again.

    McCarthy, McConnell, Graham, Cruz, Vance, it goes on and on.

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      3 months ago

      Even being willing to go on the air and say “Hey, this isn’t a winning campaign strategy” is a huge step forward for some of these people, many of which spent the past several years trying to bend reality to Trump’s whims. Even daring to criticize God-King-Trump a year or two ago was enough to get you a nasty tweet from Trump, all-but excommunication from the party, and deportation to Jupiter.

      Do you think Kellyanne “Alternative Facts” Conway and Kevin “Pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago” McCarthy would have dared to even privately say that this isn’t a winning strategy to Trump, let alone publicly and on Fox News? And if they did, do you honestly think they’d have a career in the morning?

      One step forward, two steps back and all of that, but at least now they’re at least attempting to take the forward step every once in a while.

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      We should always draw a distinction between republican politicians and republican voters. The former are concerned only with their careers and are often not true believers in conservative rhetoric.