It’s Donald Trump’s party, Republicans are just living in it

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Only 23% of GOP voters expressed a willingness to elect a candidate who had criticised Mr Trump; 45% said they would not

A GOLDEN IDOL of former President Donald Trump is on display this weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference , the premier annual conference for Republican and conservative lawmakers, activists and media talking heads. Mr Trump is expected to give a keynote speech on February 28th in which he will deride President Joe Biden’s immigration policy and, perhaps, announce his candidacy for the 2024 Republican nomination.

The Republicans polled by YouGov also expressed a deep reluctance to vote for candidates who had criticised Mr Trump . Only 23% of GOP voters expressed a willingness to elect a critic; 45% said they would not. Expressed as a proportion of all respondents who took a position—a full 31% said they “weren’t sure”—roughly two-thirds of Republicans say they would not vote for Mr Trump’s detractors.

Given that Republican voters are so warm to the former president and so hostile to anyone who disapproves of him, it is not surprising that so few of the party’s leaders voted to convict Mr Trump in his second impeachment trial, held earlier this month. Mr Trump may have led his party into the wilderness, but they seem to like it there.

 

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45 % ? Hhhhmmmmm 🤔

All those hide behind shells when Trump was President now comes out vigorously taking actions without fear like Myanmar And Thailand army junta and USA media firms have been targeted by many countries not fear of Trump as he was out of office.

Be wise to remember that although Trump lost to a very fair, well turned out election, he still has more support in size than many countries meaning money/power. Unfortunately his talk and familiar values remind one of SPECTRE where east-west have no meaning and thus, irrelevant

BS

lies are about keeping control.. exposeHATE4PROFIT time to DefundFASCISTS BANKRUPTtheTRUMPS and ALL who support them. Accountability is key in 2021!!

It’s not a party, it is a personality cult, loyal to an individual and not the country a la 1934 Germany.

Tough road ahead for America.

His base is a cult of weirdos and losers.

Sorry moderates. It's not your party anymore.

I love it when the economy is apparently dependent on one person.

But it's not a cult, right? How pathetic...

Good news

Don is done. Move the fook on

Which is why they’ll keep losing

And everything Donald touches turns to shit.

We are all worst for it. What a loser this guy is

Dear in south africa we are living in a reversed apartheid system where whites are classed as second class citizens with the racial BEE laws. please help us to pressure the black nationalists ANC government to reverse their business killing policies!&Farm Killings!

They are destroying their own electoral viability. Is there a way to donate or volunteer to further this process along?

What a joke...he lost everything in 2020, and he's a bit insane...let's make him king!!

Thou Shalt not speak Ill of the dear leader.

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