Bugsy McGurk
President
Well, Trump still holds huge support within the GOP cult. They shower him with praise at CPAC. Some 82% of Republicans say they still support him.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...mpaign=pol&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
But why?
By any objective measure, Trump has been an absolute disaster. His only significant congressional “win” was a massive tax cut for fatcats. That’s it. He failed to get the ACA overturned, failed to get Congress to fund his “wall,” and achieved nothing else of note despite the GOP controlling both house of Congress. In two years.
He has taken a meat ax to environmental protections in order to serve his donor polluters, but that’s hardly an achievement.
Jobs and the economy? Similar to the conditions inherited from Obama, although Trump’s first two years jobs numbers were less than the numbers during Obama’s last two years.
The deficits? Trump has sent the deficits he inherited skyrocketing. Disastrous.
International affairs? He has alienated all our allies. The only foreign leaders he is truly close to are murderous dictators. He has done everything he can to destroy the USA’s standing in the world.
Scandals? Oh boy. How much time do you have? Suffice to say that nearly all his senior toadies have been indicted or convicted. Half of them are headed for the slammer, and Trump himself could well join them.
His White House is a revolving door. He can’t hold onto any good, qualified people, so bad is the madness.
But perhaps worst of all is his governing “strategy” of complete fear and loathing. Doing everything he can to divide the nation. Treating the rule of law with contempt. Blatant obstruction of justice. Attacks against our most basic democratic values, even referring to the free press as “the enemy of the people.”
A complete horror show. But yet, most Republicans STILL support him. The cult leader can do no wrong. Anything negative about him (and there’s a LOT of that) is said to be a “hoax,” or “fake news.”
Yep. The GOP is a cult. Literally.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...mpaign=pol&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
But why?
By any objective measure, Trump has been an absolute disaster. His only significant congressional “win” was a massive tax cut for fatcats. That’s it. He failed to get the ACA overturned, failed to get Congress to fund his “wall,” and achieved nothing else of note despite the GOP controlling both house of Congress. In two years.
He has taken a meat ax to environmental protections in order to serve his donor polluters, but that’s hardly an achievement.
Jobs and the economy? Similar to the conditions inherited from Obama, although Trump’s first two years jobs numbers were less than the numbers during Obama’s last two years.
The deficits? Trump has sent the deficits he inherited skyrocketing. Disastrous.
International affairs? He has alienated all our allies. The only foreign leaders he is truly close to are murderous dictators. He has done everything he can to destroy the USA’s standing in the world.
Scandals? Oh boy. How much time do you have? Suffice to say that nearly all his senior toadies have been indicted or convicted. Half of them are headed for the slammer, and Trump himself could well join them.
His White House is a revolving door. He can’t hold onto any good, qualified people, so bad is the madness.
But perhaps worst of all is his governing “strategy” of complete fear and loathing. Doing everything he can to divide the nation. Treating the rule of law with contempt. Blatant obstruction of justice. Attacks against our most basic democratic values, even referring to the free press as “the enemy of the people.”
A complete horror show. But yet, most Republicans STILL support him. The cult leader can do no wrong. Anything negative about him (and there’s a LOT of that) is said to be a “hoax,” or “fake news.”
Yep. The GOP is a cult. Literally.
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