Someone over at FiveThirtyEight thinks about it….
Me?
I thin k its a bit to early…
Come September or early October with Trump’s poll numbers the same as now?
Or even a bit worst?
Now THAT’s when I think it turns to EVERYONE for themselves…
While the past few days have felt unprecedented in almost all respects, they’ve been familiar in at least one way: President Trump has once again done something widely viewed as outrageous. In this case, his administration had law enforcement officials clear a path for Trump to visit a nearby church, leading to protesters being tear gassed outside the White House.
And, as has often been the case when Trump draws criticism, many GOP senators have evaded questions about the violence and Trump’s role in it. “I don’t have any reaction to it. I haven’t seen footage.” “I didn’t follow, I’m sorry.” And even, “He has moments. But I mean, as you know, it lasts generally as long as the next tweet.”
Yet maybe this time is a little different. Even before the protesters were driven away from the White House, we’d begun to hear a number of strong condemnations of both Trump and how he was handling the protests across the country — some from familiar corners and others from more surprising sources, like military leaders.
On the usual suspects list there’s Sens. Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Ben Sasse and Lisa Murkowski (although Murkowski avoided saying much about the protests specifically, she did say she is “struggling” with whether to vote for Trump in 2020). But some current and former members of the president’s inner circle have also criticized him. Most notably, former Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who resigned in protest in December 2018, issued a scathing rebuke of Trump’s actions on Wednesday night, writing, “We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution.” (He also said, “The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values — our values as people and our values as a nation.”) Current Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has also objected to using active-duty troops to respond to mostly peaceful protests.
Former President George W. Bush also weighed in on the side of the protesters, writing, “The only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving. Those who set out to silence those voices do not understand the meaning of America.” Bush didn’t name Trump directly, but it’s still a telling rebuke from a former president of the same political party.
This is one of those rare moments of uncertainty when it’s possible that the wall of Republican support sheltering Trump finally crumbles. It is still unlikely to happen, but as I’ve written before, if it does happen, it will happen suddenly….
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The Republicans in Congress are with Trump all the way. No defections will be seen. Sasse and Collins will not say much as they have elections this year. Romney will continue to be the sole critic with Murkowski joining him occasionally. Barr’s misrepresentations (something he is good at) will continue. He is as much a cover for Congressional Republicans as he is for Trump.
Yea RE….
But I wanna see how they roll come Sept if Trump poll numbers are around what they are now….
They gonna go down with the ship?
GOP criticism of Trump grows, suggesting opposition has grown beyond his usual adversaries
A Republican senator and President Trump’s former chief of staff Thursday joined a growing group of critics blasting Trump’s call to deploy troops to quell protests against police brutality, a sign that opposition to the president’s approach is spreading beyond his usual political adversaries.
One day after Trump’s former defense secretary, Jim Mattis, ended his silence and accused Trump of trying to divide Americans and making “a mockery of the Constitution,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) called Mattis’s statements “true and honest and necessary and overdue.”
Meanwhile, former White House chief of staff John F. Kelly, himself a retired U.S. Marine Corps general, called Mattis “an honorable man” and chastised Trump for claiming in a tweet that he had fired Mattis, who resigned in December 2018 after Trump insisted on pulling U.S. troops abruptly out of Syria….
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