Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party has survived countless political setbacks, a global pandemic, and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. It will survive his ugly Monday morning social media post about the death of Rob Reiner too.
However, the immediate backlash to that post, in which Trump suggested that the Hollywood director had somehow brought death upon himself due to his disdain for the president, illustrates just how much that grip has slackened.
So far, in the intervening hours, congressional Republicans and other figures on the right have taken to the internet, without being prompted, to criticize Trump. The critics aren’t just swing-district Republicans, like Rep. Mike Lawler, of New York, or Trump adversaries, like libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky. Instead, even an otherwise loyal Republican, Rep. Stephanie Bice, of Oklahoma, has chastised the president for the post. “A father and mother were murdered at the hands of their troubled son. We should be lifting the family up in prayer, not making this about politics,” wrote Bice on Twitter.
This is the straw? Not an attempted coup, Epstein list, convictions, calls to violence, etc.? Are you the kind of person who believes that Albert Speer was reformed as well? How the fuck do you not understand by now that there’s no negotiating with terrorists?
Holy shit…
You still think it’s just a single straw…
What is so hard about this?
If the last million things weren’t enough for a group fo 100 people. Some of those 100 might just need “one more straw”. Some might need 5 or 6, everyone is different.
But there’s no way I can keep explaining this without coming off incredibly condescendingly. I’m gonna have to throw in the towel here, and in any future exchanges. I truly hope someone else helps you understand this, but I’ll never see if it happens.
Holy shit, you still think this is about “straws”? It’s about the fact that these people are brainwashed/ill-intended and this happens every.single.time something like this comes out about Trump. They can’t defend it momentarily -> new propaganda talking points come out -> back to where we started. But good luck living in that fantasy world of yours. Won’t even talk about your little blocking insinuation cause it’s too juvenile.