GOP 'waiting for Trump to die or quit' as midterm blowout looms: analyst - Raw Story
By: Ewan Gleadow
... better late than never, I guess.
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The Republican Party is waiting for Donald Trump to "quit or die," according to a political analyst who believes the party will struggle next year.
The 2026 midterms could be a blowout for Republican candidates, with many dropping out of the race before it really starts. Abrupt resignations and shock retirements throughout the GOP, including ex-Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene and recently Virginia state Senator Bryan Reeves, have sent the party into turmoil.
Salon's Amanda Marcotte, writing in her Substack, noted that "Virginia state Sen. Bryan Reeves abruptly quit his campaign [Sunday] against an incumbent Democratic senator, Mark Warner of Virginia."
"Reeves gave the usual family excuses, but then basically admitted that there's no point in running when Trump is the party's leader. 'We must stop the infighting, regroup, and unite behind principled leadership worthy of our cause,' he posted on X."
"As I wrote earlier this month, Republicans are in a holding pattern, basically waiting for Trump to die or finally quit politics, with the latter feeling almost like a pipe dream at this point in time. Some of them increasingly seem to understand that they don't really have a political party, just a cult of personality. Their best hope is to bide their time and plan on rebuilding the GOP from the ashes once Trump is gone."
Despite the sweeping losses for the Republican Party ahead of the midterms next year, it is not a guaranteed victory for Democrats. Marcotte warned, "That's definitely good news, but the big problem is that Democrats are also lost and unsure what their future holds."
"But I think 2026 may show some promising possibilities for the Democrats. The election of Zohran Mamdani in NYC — who will take office later this week! — shows that there really could be a path forward that will energize voters and create real hope for the future — but only if they're willing to take it."
Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman has since suggested the GOP could end up rebelling against Trump with a potential big split in the making.
He wrote, "For the time being, election victories by Democrats are our only hope of saving American democracy, but in the longer run, we need two decent, sane political parties."
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I could see POS/POTUS quitting and escaping before the end of his term, right after jd vance signed some post dated pardons.
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If the GoP truly wants Trump to be gone, they have the power to do it. Stop supporting/defending this buffoon and embolden Congress to take him out. (Never going to happen, obviously, with this group.) The midterms should change that.
There are myriad impeachable offenses. To reify this notion, I asked ChatGPT to format concise articles of impeachment based on Trump's 2025 actions:
What I believe is the proper course of action is to invoke the 25th given Trump is demonstrably unfit for the office. This, of course, will never happen since Trump surrounded himself with pathetic sycophants, but I do believe this is what should be done. Per ChatGPT:
Articles IV, VI, VII, and IX are the real deal.
That's quite the list. In an older era he would have been hung for his crimes
I actually thought it would be much much longer.
I told ChatGPT to limit the list.
that explains it
... not enough bandwidth available on the internet.
In an older era the GOP owned senate refused to hang him for all of the serious dirt that Mueller's investigation dug up about Trump's crimes.
In a just world Trump would be in prison decades ago for multiple crimes against humanity.
I just hope to live long enough to see that POS and his defective spawn get totally fucked over ...
he violated the presidential oath of office the same day he took it ...
Every decent, patriotic American is waiting for one of those to occur.
No decent American (person) is hoping he dies, but the entire world will take a huge sigh of relief if that does occur. Most likely event is that he quits, gets pardoned by Vance, and retires in Russia (until he accidently falls out the 6th floor window).
oh crap, I'm indecent. oh well ...
Did you forget to put pants on again?
most days I'm usually able to get into them by noon MST ...
I did say "waiting", not "hoping". I think there is a difference however slight it may be.
Apologies, never meant to imply that you did. Was just trying to clarify that you did not mean hoping since there are certain people on this forum that would spin what you said to mean something entirely different..
you can feel free to imply that about me. my fan club already knows how I feel about their POS maga savior ...
oh that's right, and there's people at the FBI, DOJ, and DHS now equally mentally defective enough to listen ...
I vote for the latter. Soon.
There is a better than even chance that will happen. They won't be missed.
Expect more and more Republican candidates to start distancing themselves from Trump the closer we get to the mid-term elections.
too late ...
It is, but they will be getting increasingly desperate.
he's spent a lifetime of attempting to destroy whatever he can't possess and whoever has opposed him ...
One of his most endearing characteristics.
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get a clue ...
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He said the silent part out loud
It will be interesting to watch the aggregate polling as the mid-terms heat up. Historically, the Dems should do well... we'll see. The worse the polling for Trump, the more shenanigans we'll see the GOP try to jam through.
with the number of maga legislators bailing or retiring, I don't think maga will have the votes to do any 11th hour bullshit ...
I also think republicans are now coming face to face with their own personal revelations of potential futures post trump ...
POS/POTUS is now limping around, his skin is paper thin, he needs 2 naps per day (with one on camera), he can't remember shit, and he speaks incoherently. he'll have a drool cup strapped to his face by easter and the rest of his appearances will probably be AI generated ...