Republican lawmakers and supporters are walking a political tightrope ….
The president simultaneously has been laboring to silence dissent over his conduct in pressing Ukraine to investigate a domestic political rival and over his Syria decision — a move critics blame for Wednesday’s Turkish offensive.
The past few days have tested the bounds of Trump’s Republican support at an unusually frenzied political crossroads that has brought uncertainty for elected officials. While GOP lawmakers have been skittish about directly engaging the subject at the heart of the impeachment debate — the president’s conduct with his Ukrainian counterpart — many have felt free to loudly condemn Trump’s Syria decision, underscoring the fluidity within GOP ranks.
Consider Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), one of Trump’s most loyal defenders, whose Twitter feed has neatly illustrated this dynamic this week. In the span of 15 hours, he parroted Trump’s points by accusing House Democrats of “destroying” the Constitution with their impeachment proceedings and condemned the Trump administration for having “shamelessly abandoned” Kurdish allies. “This move ensures the reemergence of ISIS,” Graham added.
Or consider Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), a member of her party’s leadership, who backed up the president last week by tweeting that the impeachment probe was “starting to seem like a political set up.” On Wednesday, she issued a scorching statement: “President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria is having sickening and predictable consequences.”….
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I know that we have become numb to foolish comments from Trump, but his comment that the Kurds didn’t support us in WW2 is pretty incredible. So I take it this means that Germany, Italy and Japan are now our enemies?
And why stop at WW2? The Kurds dindn’t help us in the Revolutionary War either.
Trump is clueless….
Yeah the Republicans are giving him grief over the Kurds.
I think that will die out fairly quickly though and they will be back to fawning support.
Speaking of Ms. Lindsay, there is a report out that he got “pranked” several months ago thinking he was talking to the Turkish Defense Minister when he was really talking to a Russian prankster.
In the conversation he expressed his antipathy for the Kurds calling them a “threat.”
No wonder so many think Republicans are immoral.
Politico says a Graham aide confirmed the call and that there is an actual recording of it.
Another reason to take all this Republican blathering about Turkey and the Kurds with a grain of salt.
Who knows what they say or believe in private?
Maybe Jack the scared Republican’s have a moment of clarity with the betrayal of the Kurds?
I have already expressed my view.
They will be back on the Trump team and “all in”very shortly.
This is really a minor blip in the overall scheme of things.
I know you want to desperately believe Republicans will come to their senses.
They won’t .They can’t.The base of their party is now putty in the hands of Donald Trump.A Republican politician that angers him too much is finished.
Then….They ARE gonna be in Deep Shit when he goes…
Illinois GOP Congressman John Shimkus announced he no longer supports Trump over the Kurd issue. Of course Shimkus is also retiring.
Of Course…..