Trump goes 55-0, no endorsements lost

[dukkha]

Only been Republicans who have doubted, more so hoped, that Trump wasn’t the head of the Party, in fact, it is no longer or has been the Republican Party, but now it is the party of Trump. Dangerous in.a democracy when one person totally controls a political entity, shades of an autocracy, the opinions of others are important

And as much as you see Trump’s dominance in the party as a plus, Democrats also see it as a plus, easier to run against Trump, as history has shown

nothing "dangerous" about a party leader. Was Obama "dangerous" as ex-president?
In fact it's very common for an ex POTUS to be a party leader if the other party is in power

Now come 2024 you might be able to make the argument Trump has too much baggage and that's good for Dems. right now at least it show's his policies are still popular -and that's a message for other Republicans like those mentioned to get in line.. no room for RINOs

 

[dukkha]

I'm still baffled for the dislike/almost hate directed at McConnell. I get it from people on the left but it seems many on the right feel the same way. He played a huge role in the make up of the Supreme Court that we have today. His work on judges has been phenomenal. Yet people hit him with this RINO label. It's not something I understand.

first off he's owned by China
secondly he would not build the wall when Republicans had all 3 branches at the beginning of the Trump adm
He takes his position as head of the Senate as some kind of god. Him and Ryan had ther own agenda
during this same period and abandoned Trump's with false promise of we'll do it later

 

[dukkha]

Now those of you still attached to traditional Republican principles are stuck on an island, and you are going to be there for quite awhile

McConnell is the Swamp. Traditional Republicans like Shrub take us into crappy wars (like Biden is doing now with his monstrous escalations in Uk against Russia)
and yammer on about path to citizenship while the "barbarians" ( economic migrants) flood the country

I have never ever, heard McConnell say anything about border security -except a partisan swipe at Biden

 

[dukkha]

Since the GOP has largely devolved into the Trump Party, this probably doesn't come as much of a surprise to anyone. But, still, I'd be interested to find out how much of this was a matter of Trump vaulting a trailing candidate to a win, by endorsing, as opposed to Trump backing the early favorite.

JD Vance is that ex. I am not sure of othrs

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

but the CANDIDATES in the PRIMARY endorsed by Trump are the winners; meaning those not endorsed by Trump lost these races

You need some math and civics classes

Math and civics?

Math, like if there is only one candidate in the race, they are guaranteed to win?

Or civics, if the race is going to a runoff then a candidate didn't win the race yet.

The funniest part of that list is Trump simply supported the incumbent in any race where there was a Republican incumbent. The chances of an incumbent winning a primary are about 99%. For instance in Texas house races Trump supported 18 candidates out of 38 districts. In those 18 districts he supported a candidate, 16 of them he supported the Republican incumbent and 2 of them he supported a candidate in an open seat. Of the 18 districts where he supported a candidate 7 of the candidates were running unopposed.

 

[BartenderElite]

That Vance dude is really a piece of work. He trashed Trump repeatedly years ago, but he's a sycophant now like every one of 'em.

Apparently, he has also hinted that he opposes abortion in cases of rape & incest, which is soulless. He threw out one of those "2 wrongs don't make a right" lines that only male politicians say.

 

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It's funny - I get ridiculed on here for claiming that Trump is still the most influential figure in American politics. And anytime anyone bring up Trump, they usually get a sarcastic "Trump, Trump, Trump!" from one of the righties here, who seem to think that he's no longer relevant to current events.

Make no mistake: Trump runs the GOP, and they don't do anything without his approval. Every candidate needs his thumbs up. And he will be the '24 nominee for the party.

I'm using "party" loosely. It's really a cult now.

Exactly, accused of whataboutisms, reality is there is no Republican Party, it is now the cult of Trump, swear loyalty or you will be exorcised

 

[dukkha]

Math and civics?

Math, like if there is only one candidate in the race, they are guaranteed to win?

Or civics, if the race is going to a runoff then a candidate didn't win the race yet.

The funniest part of that list is Trump simply supported the incumbent in any race where there was a Republican incumbent. The chances of an incumbent winning a primary are about 99%. For instance in Texas house races Trump supported 18 candidates out of 38 districts. In those 18 districts he supported a candidate, 16 of them he supported the Republican incumbent and 2 of them he supported a candidate in an open seat. Of the 18 districts where he supported a candidate 7 of the candidates were running unopposed.

runoff isnt a loss
most races were contested - Trump's endorsements certainly helped.
No endorsement is a guaranteed win..most are not important

The Big Enchilada was JD Vance. he was in 3rd place like 10 days ago and came on to win after the Trump endorsement
Put the pattern together,and you see the comment made are true

the funny part is the DREADED 1/6 committee look absolutely powerless in blunting Trump

 

[dukkha]

Exactly, accused of whataboutisms, reality is there is no Republican Party, it is now the cult of Trump, swear loyalty or you will be exorcised

no there isn't just Trump.
It's his policies that resonate (despite his baggage and personality)

agree on the exorcised part. No neocons, no swamp critters -they are all yours
(Nuland/Rice/Powers and the talking heads like Kristol on MSNBC)

 

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nothing "dangerous" about a party leader. Was Obama "dangerous" as ex-president?
In fact it's very common for an ex POTUS to be a party leader if the other party is in power

Now come 2024 you might be able to make the argument Trump has too much baggage and that's good for Dems. right now at least it show's his policies are still popular -and that's a message for other Republicans like those mentioned to get in line.. no room for RINOs

Obama was not an autocrat, Democrats didn’t have kiss his ring, fly off to where ever he was to pay homage or apologize, there is no room for opinions in Trump’s cult, no room for Republicans have different views other than Trump’s

His policies are Trump, there are no policies, no longstanding defining principles, it is whatever Trump says at the moment

 

[cawacko]

runoff isnt a loss
most races were contested - Trump's endorsements certainly helped.
No endorsement is a guaranteed win..most are not important

The Big Enchilada was JD Vance. he was in 3rd place like 10 days ago and came on to win after the Trump endorsement
Put the pattern together,and you see the comment made are true

the funny part is the DREADED 1/6 committee look absolutely powerless in blunting Trump

A 55-0 record is certainly an attention getter but as always the devil is in the details. This lists Greg Abbott for instance. Abbott won the Governorship of Texas before Trump was in office. By all accounts he seems to have good poll numbers in Texas. I really don't think his third re-election hinges upon Trump's endorsement. Claiming credit for his victory is sort of an eye roll.

I'm sure there's a much smaller list of competitive races that would be more telling.

 

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no there isn't just Trump.
It's his policies that resonate (despite his baggage and personality)

agree on the exorcised part. No neocons, no swamp critters -they are all yours
(Nuland/Rice/Powers and the talking heads like Kristol on MSNBC)

Sure there is just Trump, it is all Trump, he has no policies, the only policies he echoes is that everyone else is evil or traitors, his whole schtick is to create melodrama, good guys/bad guys, you really don’t think if someone asked him to elaborate on say his health care plan he could offer anything other than the other guy’s is terrible

 

[dukkha]

Obama was not an autocrat, Democrats didn’t have kiss his ring, fly off to where ever he was to pay homage or apologize, there is no room for opinions in Trump’s cult, no room for Republicans have different views other than Trump’s

His policies are Trump, there are no policies, no longstanding defining principles, it is whatever Trump says at the moment

Obama - not Biden is still the most powerful Dem
I suppose because Biden is just a puppet and a joke

If you dont get Trump's policies by now (border security, curbing China malign trade, no stupid wars, tax cuts -not increase) then you must be a Dem

Trump was not a deficit hawk -i give you that, but he wasnt proposing 6 trillion in 2 bills either

 

[BartenderElite]

no there isn't just Trump.
It's his policies that resonate (despite his baggage and personality)

agree on the exorcised part. No neocons, no swamp critters -they are all yours
(Nuland/Rice/Powers and the talking heads like Kristol on MSNBC)

It goes well beyond his policies. Any Republican immediately becomes a RINO if they criticize him in any way - there is a very strict lane for the party now, and if you don't stay in it 100% and praise Trump effusively, you are locked out.

 

[dukkha]

Sure there is just Trump, it is all Trump, he has no policies, the only policies he echoes is that everyone else is evil or traitors, his whole schtick is to create melodrama, good guys/bad guys, you really don’t think if someone asked him to elaborate on say his health care plan he could offer anything other than the other guy’s is terrible

health care plan? he actually cobbled one together - but you can lay that at the feet at teh Establishmentt Republicans who had YEARS to come up
with one and then had nothing. That wasnt Trump.that was jerks like McConnell and Mccain

I've already mentioned a few policies - add in deregulation and XO's to unleash energy independence

 

[BartenderElite]

Sure there is just Trump, it is all Trump, he has no policies, the only policies he echoes is that everyone else is evil or traitors, his whole schtick is to create melodrama, good guys/bad guys, you really don’t think if someone asked him to elaborate on say his health care plan he could offer anything other than the other guy’s is terrible

I remember when he said he was going to ditch Obamacare, and replace it with something better that was entirely gov't funded..."quickly and easily."

He's such a grifter.

 

[dukkha]

It goes well beyond his policies. Any Republican immediately becomes a RINO if they criticize him in any way - there is a very strict lane for the party now, and if you don't stay in it 100% and praise Trump effusively, you are locked out.

no thats not true at all.
It's rare for partisans to criticize their own -Dems do the same for Biden except the far left loons
who live in la la land

if you wan to talk about sour grapes like Kinziger (sp?) who wants a no fly in Uk or Cheney who is a notorious neocon -fuck them and their warmongering

 

[dukkha]

A 55-0 record is certainly an attention getter but as always the devil is in the details. This lists Greg Abbott for instance. Abbott won the Governorship of Texas before Trump was in office. By all accounts he seems to have good poll numbers in Texas. I really don't think his third re-election hinges upon Trump's endorsement. Claiming credit for his victory is sort of an eye roll.

I'm sure there's a much smaller list of competitive races that would be more telling.

ya. i didnt compose the list, and you can certainly scratch off Abbot - but Trump didnt lose any -and that's remarkable
JD Vance though....that right there is a true 'America First" - even his book was about hollowing out the midwest manufacturing and brownfield. No question Trump put him over the top

 

[gfm7175]

I'm still baffled for the dislike/almost hate directed at McConnell. I get it from people on the left but it seems many on the right feel the same way. He played a huge role in the make up of the Supreme Court that we have today. His work on judges has been phenomenal. Yet people hit him with this RINO label. It's not something I understand.

McConnell is a machavellian RINO piece of shit career politician. He doesn't represent the working class American in the slightest.

Yes, I am a conservative and I despise the guy more than liberals do.

 

[Poor Richard Saunders]

runoff isnt a loss
most races were contested - Trump's endorsements certainly helped.
No endorsement is a guaranteed win..most are not important

The Big Enchilada was JD Vance. he was in 3rd place like 10 days ago and came on to win after the Trump endorsement
Put the pattern together,and you see the comment made are true

the funny part is the DREADED 1/6 committee look absolutely powerless in blunting Trump

Runoff isn't a win. Most races were incumbents where they were going to win with or without Trump so it was Trump simply picking the one most likely to win. It will be interesting to see the runoff for TX AG. The fact that an incumbent couldn't get 50% says Paxton may not win the race.