Do you think the GOP stays silent about Trump's abuses because he does what they want?

[tenderfoot]

Which everything he's done so far and they simply couldn't give a flying fuck what anyone thinks?

I do. Trump is doing everything they want. He is who they are.

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[rurallib]

1. especially taking over the judiciary

[grumpyduck]

2. I also think he's a distraction for them.

He gets all the attention and blame while they stay under the radar.

[LizBeth]

3. On some things, but not this. I think they mostly stay quiet because they are coward and weak and

afraid they will lose their support. Taxes, immigration and all the other gross thing they have dismantled of Obama's or implemented for greed is what they want, absolutely.

[Mike 03]

4. This is what I think too.

I know it's hard for some people to believe the answer could be this simple, but sometimes it is.

Especially the part about "losing support" because when you break from Trump you don't just lose support, you get eviscerated by his most loyal cult members, and it ain't pretty. Jeff Flake is Exhibit A.

[SideStep]

5. I think they loathe Trump.

But Trump is doing some things at a very rapid pace. Destroying government agency after government agency. Generating extreme distrust between the American people and the federal government. Made the rich richer and gave corporations the incentive to repatriate funds without incentive to use those funds in any meaningful way. They might loathe the man but they love these things.

And for your number one viewing pleasure, how can they loathe him and still stay silent.....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump

[SoonerPride]

6. he was a useful idot and now they are afraid of their monster

they are terrified of him and his base

[wcast]

7. I think it all has to do with power.

They do what he wants so they can be re-elected. Nothing else matters to them.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. I Voted No

They're running the show. He's just their useful idiot.
They've convinced him that these ideas are popular.
He cares about popular.
They don't.

[C_U_L8R]

9. No, they do what he wants

The GOP gets aroused by an autocrat.

[BamaRefugee]

10. Not so secret desire of most Republicans: to be dominated by Daddy.

[stillcool]

11. There are no abuses...

What Donald does is what the GOP is all about. Not one thing, has caused them the slightest bit of distress. They brought him to the dance, and they like his style. The thing about the 'base', is that the GOP knows they can not win elections because the base is not enough votes...which is why they need to lie, cheat, and steal. The 'base' wins them nothing....except...perception that they can win an election, so it's easier to steal.

[moondust]

12. Here's a clue.

A year ago:

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White Democrats (64%) are far more likely than white Republicans (15%) to say the country hasn’t gone far enough when it comes to giving black people equal rights with whites. About half of Republicans say it’s been about right, while a sizable minority (31%) says the country has gone too far in this regard.
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Pew Research Center: Race in America 2019

Racist pig party finally got its openly racist pig.

[gopiscrap]

13. in addition, trump's blackmailing them

[pansypoo53219]

14. his & their base love fat khaleesi.

[Xolodno]

15. No. Due to one stupid populist movement that was supposed to unseat Obama.

The TEA Party.

Instead, it chased the moderates out...including primarying and winning against them. Even to the extent on turning on some of the architects of the TEA Party and voting them out.

And then it got the worst elements of their "base" completely riled up....and all Donnie Boy had to do, was stop using the dog whistles and flat out state what they wanted to hear.

And when confronted with the possibility of looking weak in front of Trump and the base that elected them, they opted to keep their jobs. Oh and get a tax cut and install their judges.

They'll stay silent in the hopes they can squeeze by another election. If they lose the majority, oh well, now they can just sit on their hands and criticize all day while not offering up solutions.