I agree that they are not the only element, just the most important one in terms of actual governance. But leading culture war battles is not the role of the Senate Leader anyway. His job is to move, or stop, the trains.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @Patterico and
But he was quite clear he played footsie with impeachment to divorce Trump from the party. I take that to mean Trumpism as well. That can’t and won’t happen.
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Replying to @BlueBoxDave @Patterico and
Well, Trumpism only to the extent that Trumpism means placing the personal interests of Donald Trump above all the other things the party could be doing. THAT was the aspect of Trumpism on display from 11/4 to 1/6. THAT cost Senate seats & triggered a riot. THAT must go.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @Patterico and
Not at the expense of abandoning the issues Trump championed that allowed him to take over the party. The voters won’t go for it.
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Replying to @BlueBoxDave @Patterico and
How is at at that expense? In what way? The whole point is that even the issues he championed were thwarted by his behavior. Unless by "issues" you mean lying about who won the election. Mitch isn't pushing a policy rethinking at all.
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Replying to @cobracommandr15 @BlueBoxDave and
Can we win without the support of the 60 million people who voted for Mitt Romney? People move on.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @cobracommandr15 and
What happens if Trump doesn’t run in 2024? Do we want him speaking at the convention? Absolutely. Having Republicans vote to convict him makes that damn awkward.
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Replying to @BlueBoxDave @cobracommandr15 and
How many past GOP nominees spoke at the last 2 conventions? Trump at the 2024 RNC means we're relitigating the Capitol riot & "rigged election." Plus he'll demand the nominee debase him/herself w/obeisance & demands to get his endorsement.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @cobracommandr15 and
I know you don’t like it but he is by far the most popular Republican, GOP voters haven’t had a relationship to a president like this since Reagan. And he demographically grows the party.
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To say Trump "demographically grows the party" assumes everybody just agrees to forget everything that happened between 11/4 & 1/6. I was prepared to just move on after 11/3. Trump is the one who decided to burn down everyone who was unwilling to put his personal interests first.
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