Do we have a Trump vs the Republicans 2.0?
Sure looks like it…..
Donald Trump is continuing his effort to OWN the party he did a hostile takeover on…
He does NOT care about winning elections…
He DOES care about power and making money…
He’s working on it ….
AGAIN...
Former President Trump is showing no signs of wanting to unify the GOP even as party leaders scramble to smooth out divisions that they fear will be damaging in the 2022 midterm elections.
In a Saturday night speech to attendees at a donor retreat in Florida, Trump railed against his perceived enemies in both parties and offered little, if any, reassurance that he would try to rally together a GOP riddled with internal divisions and desperate to regain governing power in Washington.
The former president’s remarks served as a reminder of just how difficult it will be for Republicans to move past the controversies and infighting that have plagued them since Trump’s loss in last year’s presidential election.
“It was just Trump being Trump,” one person familiar with the former president’s remarks said. “That’s not surprising, but I don’t see how that moves the conversation forward.”
For many of the party’s top fundraisers and dignitaries, the Republican National Committee’s spring donor retreat in Palm Beach represented a chance to regroup after a series of devastating losses in recent months that cost the GOP the White House and its Senate majority.
What attendees got instead was an airing of old grievances by Trump, who nearly three months after leaving Washington remains fixated on relitigating his loss in the 2020 presidential election and advancing his feuds with Republicans whom he sees as insufficiently loyal….
Note…
My saying….
‘Everything Trump touches turns to shit….’
One he probably won’t be dissing?
Former House Speaker John Boehner who has bashed many fellow Republicans closely identified with Trump.
Some are expressing surprise that Boehner says he voted for Trump.
His explanation was totally spot on.Trumps policies and appointments were great according to BoehnerAfter all Boehner is still a Republican.
And,despite the stuff you read here?
Donald Trump was a quintessential Republican President and such accounts for his continued high standing among Republican voters.like…
John Boehner.
Actually like CG?
Republicans ARE REPUBLICANS….
Just because Trump uses the party make money doesn’t change most of their politics….
The ones it does?
They quietly leave the GOP….
Reports are there are thousands who HAVE walked because of the Big Guy….
Frankly, I haven’t been much impressed with those numbers being floated about.
A few thousand here and there ?
I don’t see that is of particular significance.
Further,in many states (like S.C.) ,there is no registration by Party.
Accordingly, a lot of this is simply anecdotal.