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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who has long been one of Trump's biggest political targets, says he'll back the ex-president should he win the GOP nomination (news.yahoo.com)

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They're all falling in line...

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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 111 points 1 year ago

Wtf is wrong with these people?

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago

They're cowards with no principles.

[-] starrox@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

"You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. [...] You know… morons."

[+] Hazdaz@lemmy.world -16 points 1 year ago

They know to fall in-line because a strong Republican Party helps all of them, from the president, all the way down the line to locally elected candidates.

Why can't Democrats see this?

[-] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 25 points 1 year ago

Except Trump has been a disaster for the GOP. They have consistently underperformed compared to expectations since he was elected.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

In case you hadn’t noticed, the GOP has gotten into trying to win elections by any means necessary, regardless of how many people vote for their guy. Kemp is a case in point, as a matter of fact.

[-] jscummy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

You mean the guy who was allowed to oversee his own election?

[-] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

We do, we call it tribalism

[-] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We see that it's good for the individual politicians in the short term. But frankly I don't know how anyone can look at the long term effects trump has had on the party over the last decade and not see that he's utterly destroyed their party cohesion.

The GOP has never been more divided, more without unified purpose, and it's more or less entirely in the control of one highly unstable demagogue who clearly only cares about his own personal power, not the party at large.

Trump turned the GOP into an absolute joke on the international stage, and has driven more young voters away from the party than any other conservative figure in recent history.

And all that's before you even start to get into the damage being done by the "Trump wannabes" like MTG and Desantis while trying to emulate Trump

The better question in, why can conservatives not see that Trump is the rot at the head of their party, and their only hope for a future is to cut it off before it spreads

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 45 points 1 year ago

Cuckservatives.

[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Regressives or cultservatives. What would a cuckservative even be. Sideman or King, I guess?

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Example: Raul Cruz from Texas when Trump talked shit about his wife. Then he ends up doing this:

What kind of behavior is this if it ain't cucking? 😂

[-] Furbag@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago

The entirety of the Republican Party is in an abusive relationship with Donald Trump.

[-] FUCKRedditMods@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

Bunch of spineless self-interested cowards

[-] Craig@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

What a weak man

[-] Im14abeer@midwest.social 20 points 1 year ago

Not a shred of self respect or integrity, zero.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago

The GOP still practices the ancient Chinese tradition of all non-royal males in government positions are required to be eunuchs.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Trump tried to fuck him over and he's bending over and asking for it this time.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] DragonAce@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

IIRC there were rumors he was considering a run for congress after his term as Gov is up. Regardless, that fuck has been the most openly corrupt piece of shit we've ever had as governor in recent memory. The simple fact that this motherfucker was allowed to oversee his own fucking election as Lt Gov and refused to recuse himself from those duties, told me all I needed to know about that chucklefuck. The asshole has made it his sole mission in this state to disenfranchise as many minority and democrat voters as possible. I have to check every fucking election season now to be sure my voter registration hasn't been revoked because of his illegal bullshit. Fuck Brian Kemp, hes a spinless coward with no morals, just like every other GOP piece of shit!

[-] Infinity187@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

These people are fucking sick.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

It’s the way of the coward.

[-] books@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Ugh I absolutely hate the team sport mentality of politics.

I'm absolutely ok with voting for the other option if my main candidate is a crook/huckster.

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wow

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