Tag: GOP in Trouble
100 Republicans Have Left the House
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NBC News: “When Trump arrived in the White House in 2017, there were 241 Republicans at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue in the House of Representatives. Today, 100 of them have gone or have announced that they are leaving. That’s 41 percent of that original 241 in the 115th House.”
Republicans Creating a Smokescreen on Impeachment
“Republicans started out saying he didn’t do it. Then he said he did it, but there is no quid pro quo. But then they said there might be quid pro quo, but it’s not an impeachable offense They are just trying to provide enough of smokescreen, so when the Senate doesn’t convict they can say he shouldn’t have been impeached in the first place.”
— Political strategist Robert Shrum, quoted by the Wall Street Journal.
Harris ‘Saddened’ by Level of GOP Desperation to Defend Trump
“It is sad to see the level of desperation that some people are willing to go through to protect someone who has been probably the most corrupt, unethical, most unpatriotic president we’ve ever had.”
— Sen. Kamala Harris, talking about Republican lawmakers on Morning Joe.
GOP’s Potential ‘Perfect Storm’ Scenario
“A growing number of Republicans are privately warning of increasing fears of a total wipeout in 2020: House, Senate, and White House,” Axios reports.
- House Republicans in swing districts are retiring at a very fast pace, especially in the suburbs of Texas and elsewhere.
- The Republican Senate majority, once considered relatively safe, suddenly looks in serious jeopardy. Democrats are raising more money, and polling better, than Republican incumbents in battleground after battleground.
- President Trump trails every major Democratic candidate nationally and in swing states — and his favorable ratings remain well under 50%.
“All of this is unfolding while the economy still looks strong, and before public impeachment proceedings have officially begun.”
