Ann Coulter Likened to Rat Jumping 'Sinking Ship' After Turning on Trump
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Ann Coulter Likened to Rat Jumping 'Sinking Ship' After Turning on Trump
After conservative commentator Ann Coulter declared former President Donald Trump 's political reign in the Republican Party to be "done," some social media users compared her to a "rat" abandoning a "sinking ship."
In a recent podcast episode titled Trump's Done that Coulter tweeted out Tuesday, she said the segment of Americans that remain supportive of the former president does not reflect a nationwide pattern.
"Trump fans are having a lot of fun, but it isn't indicative of a movement that's sweeping the nation," she said on the podcast. "It's not the party of Trump. It's safe to come back, and it's safe for Republicans to stand up and run without Donald Trump."
Responding to an article about Coulter's comments, Twitter user @HazelEros wrote : "Oh my, the rats leaving the sinking ship?"
Trump has yet to officially announce whether he will seek re-election in 2024 after his loss to President Joe Biden in 2020. But even as the former president deals with the aftermath of the FBI's raid at his Mar-a-Lago home and the ongoing House committee investigation into the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, recent polls indicate that Trump would still be the top pick for Republican voters in the next election.
Ann Coulter speaks during Politicon 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 20, 2018. After Coulter declared former President Donald Trump's political reign in the Republican party to be "done," some social media users compared her to a "rat" abandoning a "sinking ship." Rich Polk/Getty Images for Politicon
The podcast was not the first time Coulter—who once praised the former president in her 2016 book In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!— has criticized Trump.
In November of 2021, Coulter said that Trump was "abjectly stupid" and accused him of "betraying" his base over failing to follow through on his promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. While hundreds of miles of border wall was built, U.S. News reported, the project was not completed before Trump left office and Biden halted construction.
"I was well familiar with what a narcissistic, ridiculous, tacky, vulgar, arriviste this guy was," she said during an interview on Andrew Sullivan's Dishcast. "That I knew about. The one thing I underestimated, in fact, did not see at all, is, I had no idea how abjectly stupid the man is."
She also called Trump a "liar and con man" this year after he criticized politicians who wouldn't say if they'd received a COVID-19 vaccine booster in an apparent dig at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis .
But on Tuesday, a tweet from Dash Dobrofsky noted that Coulter's declaration about Trump being "done" stated that the "establishment is turning on [Trump] before his indictment."
"Rats scurrying off the sinking MAGA ship," it added.
While Trump has not been indicted in connection with the Mar-a-Lago raid, the former president's ex-attorney told Newsweek that the unsealed affidavit supporting the FBI 's search of Mar-a-Lago gives the Justice Department enough evidence to indict him.
Another user, Richard Lee, tweeted on Tuesday that Coulter "is the latest rat to abandon the USS Trump."
Newsweek was unable to find a way to contact Coulter for comment by publication time.
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She "turns on" Trump in a very fickle way. As soon as he says something she likes she will be back having his back.
The lady is pretty much washed up so she tries to stay relevant.
"I was well familiar with what a narcissistic, ridiculous, tacky, vulgar, arriviste this guy was," she said during an interview on Andrew Sullivan's Dishcast. "That I knew about. The one thing I underestimated, in fact, did not see at all, is, I had no idea how abjectly stupid the man is."
Same here. Couldn't stand the loud mouthed fool. Didn't realize he had no filter between brain and mouth, or the political instincts to know when to shut up. Still a better choice than Hillary or Biden
WHY ?
Ann who ?
This would have worked for anybody but you, John. You beat the republimagaturds here every day. Now that one turns - you beat that, too. You aren't going to gain any converts with that strategy.
I got nothing. Which is pretty much what Ann Coulter is...nothing. When was the last time she wrote a book?
However, I don't think calling her Man Coulter is very nice
Ever go to a Halloween Party with Ann...talk about bobbing for Adams Apples....
Ya know...she might have an enlarged thyroid....
Is that what's in her pocket...? I just thought she was happy to see me !
you're killing me here
Oh, good! Casual Misogyny has arrived. That didn't take long.
put a sock in it, Ann does
No, no please. Defend misogyny. Don’t let me stop you. I’ll get popcorn.
Who? Like who gives a shit what a couple of randos say on Twitter? Why does this continue to be the basis for journalism these days? Wouldn't it be enough to for the writer to maybe (call me crazy) have their own take on Colter and what she is saying? Or maybe get a quote from someone whose opinion matters? Ask a politician. Or a political science professor. Would that be so hard?
OK, well, a rat is being smart when it does this. It's not as if the rat boarded the ship knowing it was going to sink.
If Coulter is seeing the light on Trump, then that is all to the good. It's so childish in our political discussions the way we attack people for abandoning something we disagreed with in the first place. So many times when a politician in the other party votes against party and for the way we might want, we still mock them for flip-flopping, selling out, or weakly giving-in. Too many Americans are bullies, especially in politics.
If Republicans are abandoning Trump, shouldn't the rest of the world be glad? Or are people only capable of hate, even when their opponents agree with them?
Yeah this is the thought process I think a lot of people have gone through. It's not as if Trump's bombast and lack of couth was a big secret in 2016. It was part of the discussion, and something voters had to weigh. A lot of people looked around at their situation and thought maybe he's competent enough through real world experience - in spite of everything personal we know about him - to actually break through all the obstacles in Washington and get something positive done.
If Washington were working , this wouldn't even be something people would need to consider. Remember that in spite of everything, and as bad as Trump's approval ratings were, Congress still had - and maintains - a worse approval rating than anyone.
So millions of people all held their noses and voted for Trump for president. Turns out, though, that not only does he suck at the job, but he'll go through any charade to hold onto it. So knowing what we know now, even someone like Coulter has to admit that he's not worth it.
Good!
This is not the first time she has "had it' with Trump. Although I wish she , and everyone else, was sincere about dumping him, it is more likely she will be back with him as soon as he says he will build the wall in his second term.
Well, let's hope not. I think a lot more people have had time to recalculate the known factors, so I think he would have a very hard time getting elected again.
Ridiculous! "held their noses and voted for Trump" is an absurd excuse for being taken by all the BUllShit pushed by the 'right' and Russian propaganda. Bots pushing "Evil Hillary" when Don the Con was the REAL THREAT. Yea, Hillary sucked as a candidate and i'm not a big fan, but please, any thinking individua; SHOULD have been able to see through who and what, Trump was, is , and will always be. A POS Person and even bigger Piece of SHIT President of the US
Yes yes. I've heard it all before. We see it every day. "Anyone who thinks differently from me cannot be a rational, thinking individual." Blah blah blah. And anyone willing to analyze a decision I disagree with is "making excuses." That adds SO much to the discourse.
Sorry Tacos, Trump was a DISASTER long before he entered politix me off how allegedly intelligent individuals could not see this. Hear watt you want to hear here, does not excuse letting that piece of SHIT desecrate our Country. A Country so many sacrificed So Much for, as we all witnessed Trump piss and shit on it all, without ANY respect for established respectful behavior, or our rule of Law, cause this foregone conclusion, NEVER should have been one to drop someone's jaw, just leaving so many in awe, cause so many could and should, have foresaw !
That has no connection to anything I wrote.
I didn’t suggest anyone should excuse Trump, so whatever fantasy is in your mind when you write that, it has nothing to do with me.
Imo she has criticized him before and is doing so again, though it looks to me that the reason she criticizes him is because she didn't get what she wanted. Basically calls him weak because her agenda was not fulfilled.
Yeah that’s a strong point. He clearly had no specific plan for implementing any agenda when he ran in 16, but that doesn’t seem to hurt candidates too much. They just say they’re going to do shit and it’ll be great.
She didn’t know how abjectly stupid Trump was?! Every time that asshole’s voice comes on the tv even my cat rolls her eyes.
Seems she is not the only one.
Fox host Steve Doocy cuts through GOP clutter: 'Why did he have all that secret stuff at Mar-a-Lago?'
Coulter has been attacking Trump for years. Is the author ignorant or just knows his gullible readers will fall for clickbait over and over and over and exploiting their ignorance?
That's the interesting question.
Do you think that will happen within this decade?
Name as many successful GOP candidates as you can who have denounced Donald Trump.
Wait until after the midterms...his cult base is continuing to shrink
I will graciously invite all ex-Trump supporters into the world of rationality. I applaud all those who break free of Trump.
I as well, would "applaud all those who break free of Trump", as i actually know i would get along with many i don't do the morning . afternoon, and or , evening very well with, or without, so many layers baked & caked on to the slippery icing i skate a cross whence feel like rolling along the path jointly, smoking a paper, clipped to what some refer to as reefer, shelved in assaulted waters that run deep cleaner than many, other pipes, not so much, but, so much more.... piped through the pipes that pie eyed people possibly gravitate too perpetuate the predictable instability because who had the disability, to possess, that possessed disabilitytrying to disengage effort, cause it takes know, to achieve innocense
that i've always bin stored out inn and found guilty of outstaying my storying lines incongruent width my outsourcing, of sources, where at the height of times, disengage rhymes width, redisengage , and i couldn't really name another, unless i wanted too long have we been in confrontational mode due towon whom lost So MUCH more than just an election 4 US, ,
but not with out being unable to Win, that same lost election