Paul Ryan, Donald Trump.
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Republicans stand a strong chance of losing control of at least one chamber of Congress in the midterm elections, because many voters want to create a check on the Trump administration. A Republican aide working to maintain GOP control of government tells Playbook that checking Trump’s power is exactly why you should vote Republican. “I think there’s a credible case to be made that if you actually want to hold Trump accountable it’ll take both parties to do it. Hence giving it all over to the Dems will just reinforce gridlock.”
This might be the single most disingenuous argument for voting Republican
yet devised.
The news that congressional Republicans plan to hold Trump accountable might come as a surprise to congressional Republicans themselves, who have just been issued fresh official talking points from their party for handling the latest misconduct they have been trying to cover up.
The official party line stresses that “the fact that a plea […]
a check on trump!!!??? trump’s overall approval rating from the american public is higher than both that idiot gwbush, and that imposter obama at the same points when they were both in office!!! check it out!!
I cite Trump’s strong approval rating regularly, making the point that Trump is a symptom not the disease. The problem America faces is that about a third of the population are White racist christofascists. We have become fat, dumb, racist, and intellectually lazy. There has been no massive social violence and upheaval in the U.S. in living memory; we no longer know what corrupt authoritarian government produces.