ed note–and, here we go again, ladies and Gentile-men…
The author of this piece, the screeching harpy/hissing Hebress Jennifer Rubin–
Is an unregistered agent of a foreign power and willing asset of the Deep State, and that foreign power/Deep State is Israel.
She, along with confreres like this guy, Kristol–
and this guy, David Frum–
And many others make up what’s known as ‘NeoCon Inc’, a den of vipers/nest of spies whose sole mission is to embroil America in wars for Israel’s benefit and who were wildly successful in that regard immediately following the Mossad engineered terrorist attacks taking place on 9/11/2001.
We are forced to go to these lengths in explaining what should not need any kind of explanation in the face of what has been a daily screeching campaign on the part of this nest of spies/den of vipers ever since DJT threw his hat into the race for POTUS. They are engaged in the very same kind of black magic/word wizardry that was so wildly successful in hypnotizing America into the ‘clash of civilizations’ that DJT as POTUS intends to end and yet, even now, almost 20 years later, millions of lives lost and trillions of dollars wasted, Gentiles across a broad spectrum–including unfortunately an entire gaggle of them within the ‘trooth mooovmnt’–willingly fail to plug these important numbers into the equation in coming to the right answer on it all.
And keep in mind as you read this that when the screeching harpy/hissing Hebress Rubin talks about how ‘we’ make Trump go away, she ain’t talking about America.
Jennifer Rubin
Jonathan V. Last of the Bulwark sets forth a scary scenario for a political world after President Trump’s defeat (though not nearly as scary as the scenario if he wins and continues his authoritarian rampage):
Trump claims that he won the election and was cheated out of the White House. No Republicans make more than a demonstration of contradicting him. Most Republicans actively affirm his claim.
Trump continues to tweet about politics on an hourly basis, and many elected Republicans take their marching orders from him. The direction of the party continues to emanate from the person of Trump and fixates on grievances and the culture war.
This is precisely why groups such as the Lincoln Project and Republican Voters Against Trump are seeking not merely to dislodge Trump but to subject the Republican Party to such devastating losses up and down the ticket that: 1) there is no question as to who the winner is; 2) the Republican Party understands that right-wing nationalism does not play in 21st-century America; and 3) ordinary Republican voters are encouraged to “give permission” to others to hop off the Trump bandwagon and cast aside Trumpism.
One measure of devastation for Trump’s party would be the loss of traditional red states. Right now, things are looking bleak in states that were never seriously in contention before 2020. A new Quinnipiac poll from Texas shows, “Voters are split on the way [Gov. Greg] Abbott is handling the response to the coronavirus with 47 percent approving and 48 percent disapproving. It’s a 21-point swing in the net approval from early June when 56 percent of voters approved and 36 percent disapproved.” Trump remains in negative territory both on handling of the pandemic (45 percent approve vs. 52 percent disapprove) and his job as president overall (45 percent vs. 51 percent).
The poll is not an outlier. Going back to the beginning of May, Trump has never been ahead by more than four points in the state. Since then, polls have either been tied or close between the two candidates. By any definition, the centerpiece of Republicans’ electoral base is now a true toss-up.
It matters how much Trump loses by, where he loses (which states and which areas within states), and whom he takes down with him. Contrary to conventional wisdom that Republicans will never break with him on anything, we have recently seen mild signs of independence from Senate Republicans (for example, on bases named for Confederate generals and on the payroll tax). And we have seen a peep here and there on the right voicing dissent on the use of unidentified, camouflaged agents from the Department of Homeland Security in the streets of Portland (and perhaps to be deployed elsewhere). If the losses are devastating enough and the national repudiation of Trump obvious enough, the Trump cult may fade.
The reported fight within the House Republican caucus between the No. 3 Republican in leadership, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), and the Trump sycophants in the Freedom Caucus is indicative of not only the Republicans’ hostility toward women (see also Florida Rep. Ted Yoho’s vile cursing at N.Y. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as his non-apology apology), but also of a rift on loyalty to the president. Should Trump lose badly in November, who will be in a stronger position, Cheney or Trump’s lackeys?
Republicans have been sitting on a demographic time bomb for several elections. They face an electorate that is less white than the electorate four years ago. They have tried to extend that through voter suppression and gerrymandering, but they can only hang on for so long (especially if Democrats whittle away at their barriers by passing redistricting reform and voting-rights legislation).
If you want to know why it is so important for Republicans to repudiate Trump, the answer lies not so much in the outcome but on the impact of 2020 on the party. Unlike Trump and impeachment, they really need to learn a lesson in the political peril of Trumpism.