GOP lawmakers said to fear 'bloodletting' as they grow tired of bullying by Trump allies

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GOP lawmakers said to fear 'bloodletting' as they grow tired of bullying by Trump allies

Tom Boggioni
December 11, 2024 6:43AM ET

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bloodletting/

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The massive push by allies of Donald Trump to make sure that his Cabinet nominees get rubber-stamped by Republican senators is starting to rankle some lawmakers who are growing weary of being bullied.

According to a report from Politico, while Republicans are showing a united front in allowing the president-elect to choose the people he wants to push his agenda forward, behind the scenes there are complaints about "infighting and purity tests" that appear to be growing.

Exhibit A is the fight to get Fox News personality Pete Hegseth over the finish line despite a wealth of accusations of sexual improprieties and reports of public drunkenness.

According to Politico's Ally Mutnick, "Following her initial hesitance toward Pete Hegseth, Trump’s embattled Defense Secretary pick, Sen. Joni Ernst came in for a raft of criticism from Republicans in her home state of Iowa. Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of four remaining senators who voted to impeach Trump in 2021, just drew a formal primary challenge. And moderate Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) are already starting to catch some heat from party activists."

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[Lovie777]

1. Yeah, whatever.......................

cowards, and in falling in line, puts the USA and her people in danger. F them.

[berksdem]

9. I wish I could upvote this a 1000 times!

[Irish_Dem]

2. Being a GOP senator or judge is the biggest grift around.

They will not jeopardize their money or power by standing up for what is right.

[tanyev]

3. Gosh, if only there was something they could have done to completely neutralize him

during his first term.

[sop]

4. The typical red state GOP primary voter represents the worst of the worst in the Republican electorate.

[Zorro]

5. They prefer betraying America to standing up to a bully

They're all cowards.

[hatrack]

6. Tough Titty - you cultivated a mob of angry, ignorant, violent assholes . . . .

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And now you're the target of the same mob. Fuck. All. Of. You.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. As the saying goes.....

"You can lead a horse to the water, you just can't make it drink."

Perhaps that is beginning to play out here. Republican Senators are not going to to be bullied just because they have an R after their names? Perhaps some of them actually do have a spine after all. We shall see.

Watch this space.

[OrangeJoe]

8. Reminds me

You remind me of the adorable little boy who found horse manure in his Christmas stocking. As he headed out the door in his pajamas his father asked him what he was doing. “There’s gotta be a pony around here somewhere, Santa left his poop in my stocking,”

These assholes will never stand up to him. His re-election was the final nail in the coffin.

[DSandra]

11. I wouldn't bet on it

Having hope nowadays seems so naive, especially on people doing the right thing.

[Sundance1220]

21. Don't hold your breath

NONE of them has shown anything resembling courage when it really counted. They're all too enthralled with their government paychecks and benefits to take on a demented, depraved degenerate. They will cave again. THAT you can count on.

[PortTack]

10. Then grow a spine and say no! Ya'll coulda been done with him b4 he got started back in '16.

Timid weak ass whiners!

[barbtries]

12. not a single republican left as far as i can see

has even a drop of courage or any real convictions. fuck them all.

[Hugin]

13. The distinction between Republicans and Retrumplicans is becoming clear...

Even on the local level. It’s becoming clearer every day.

Retrumplicans are scarce here. I only know of about a half dozen of them.

The Republicans are quite a bit more numerous. For the most part, all they know about politics is scanning down a ballot and checking off the “R”s.

I believe Trump took advantage of this tendency. Whether by design or blunder, I don’t know.

Every time the Tangeranus and his flying monkeys are exposed to the air it becomes clearer that even though the “R” won, the Republicans lost.

This is why I continue to support the likes of Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney. While I doubt anybody can get through to the Retrumplicans, they may be able to get through to the Republicans in a way that I am unable to.

[4catsmom]

14. Reaping what you sow

is such a bummer

[Historic NY]

15. Their blood

[Mr. Mustard 2023]

16. Thanks for the post, but...

...until Republicans actually take on Trump, I'm not that interested in what they "really think".

[Mr.Bill]

17. If it comes down to a vote in the Senate,

51 republicans will vote for every republican nominee. I know they have 53 votes, but up to two of them will be allowed to abstain.

[Marcuse]

18. $

[BoRaGard]

19. Get used to it, suckers

You know who the felon/rapist draft dodger is. And you gave him power.

[Coventina]

20. As Ricky Ricardo said: "You fixed the sheets and blankets! Now go take a nap!!!"