Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

Sally Vix wrote:

https://news.yahoo.com/james-comey-donald-trump-not-060020070.html

I also don't think it would be a good idea for Biden to direct the US AG to prosecute Trump. Not from a political view.

But they also should not interfere if the state of New York prosecutes him.

And they should turn over any federal evidence that New York may ask for.

I am also guessing that many older folks are not as happy with the Republican party as they used to be.

As an older guy, I know I am concerned about the future, not my future, but that of the country. Ethics, duty and personal responsibility are all very important to me. The Republicans lose on all counts.

I do worry a bit about the progressive wing and I do not want legislation that will turn off the electorate and swing things back to the republicans in two years.

I know life long republicans who have become sick of the Republican party acquiescence to trump and voted Democrat this year. These were older guys with similar values to me who will run from progressive ideas........ but we have them now.

L L wrote:

Sally Vix wrote:

https://news.yahoo.com/james-comey-donald-trump-not-060020070.html

I also don't think it would be a good idea for Biden to direct the US AG to prosecute Trump. Not from a political view.

But they also should not interfere if the state of New York prosecutes him.

And they should turn over any federal evidence that New York may ask for.

I think Biden should stay out of it but the justice department should enforce our laws even if it means charging trump. We should return to being a country that respects that law and punishes criminals.

Trumps behavior should never occur again. We need to send that message.

It's not the age people should worry about. Folks tend to get more conservative as they age.

The issue the GOP will have in the future is the growing minority population. The GOP either has to do better at recruiting these votes.....or continue suppressing them.

It is predicted that by around 2040-2050 we will be a majority minority nation.

Alan

Fat hurts wrote:

Trollminator wrote:

I’m predicting a swift meltdown of the GOP over the next two weeks. They are baffled right now. Nov election was a huge outperformance by them in both House and Senate despite trump losing.

I'm not sure you can say that about the senate any more. 538 predicted the Democrats would have 51.5 seats. They ended up with 50, which is not that far off.

There were Republican blowout vs the polling and honestly they dropped the ball with GA. The GOP could have retained at least one seat had they organized themselves better and trump not completely brought the house down. They sat on their a$$es for two months indulging trump’s hissy fits and forgot about campaigning and showing unity.

Good mourning!

How are all your LRC stable geniuses this fine AM?

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/07/12/trump-speaks-after-nato-summit-stable-genius-newday-vpx.cnn

Runningart2004 wrote:

Dr. Racket wrote:

I don't think Pew has released post-election numbers yet, but here's a pre-election summary on the electorate:

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/26/what-the-2020-electorate-looks-like-by-party-race-and-ethnicity-age-education-and-religion/

It's not the age people should worry about. Folks tend to get more conservative as they age.

The issue the GOP will have in the future is the growing minority population. The GOP either has to do better at recruiting these votes.....or continue suppressing them.

It is predicted that by around 2040-2050 we will be a majority minority nation.

Alan

Didn't Democrats do worse with minorities in 2020?

Sally Vix wrote:

Dan Kahneman wrote:

Not so giddy anymore?

(I know kind of a mean smug post but the Trump cultists (or the cult defenders like you) annoyed me)

For the 1,000,000th time I am no fan of Trump. But congrats on the Senate sweep.

Yes you are. Your word above means nothing, you've been posting like a true trumper for years. All you've wanted was to own the libs. Well you got that but now your boy is done. And what do you say about your other heroes who sill refuse to take the loss? It's been 2 months and they are still pretending trump won. There is no equivalent on the left. Hillary conceded and any peep about subverting the democratic process was quickly shot down.

Eh very stabIe genius! wrote:

Good mourning!

How are all your LRC stable geniuses this fine AM?

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/07/12/trump-speaks-after-nato-summit-stable-genius-newday-vpx.cnn

I'm glad you asked. Fantastic!

Beautiful

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1346808749911142401?s=20

Dan Kahneman wrote:

I think Biden should stay out of it but the justice department should enforce our laws even if it means charging trump. We should return to being a country that respects that law and punishes criminals.

Trumps behavior should never occur again. We need to send that message.

One thing Biden can do is declassify some records on Trump.

Make his taxes public.

Display evidence to the public and create a public outcry for justice.

Basically, torture Trump with leaks.

If Trump really had anything on Obama or Hillary he would have done it.

Trump said the word "Obamagate" as if that was evidence of anything.

I will give Trump credit for the following:

1. Shooting himself in the foot on an hourly basis, thus dooming his own presidency from day 1. Trump is all about blaming others for his misfortunes, but he needs look no further than the mirror.

2. Leaving the Republican party in shambles.

3. Most likely (if Ossoff wins as he is projected to) being so utterly toxic that he turned Georgia blue, thus giving the Senate to the Democrats, and thus making Mitch the MINORITY leader instead of Majority leader.

Dr. Racket wrote:

Runningart2004 wrote:

The issue the GOP will have in the future is the growing minority population. The GOP either has to do better at recruiting these votes.....or continue suppressing them.

It is predicted that by around 2040-2050 we will be a majority minority nation.

Alan

Didn't Democrats do worse with minorities in 2020?

They did proportionally worse than in 2016, but they won the demographic by wide margins. A smaller portion of a much bigger pie is growth in the base.

I hope the day ends with Trump going to jail for treason like a damn movie.. he's embarrassed himself so much. I've never seen such a fall from grace in my lifetime.

Runningart2004 wrote:

It's not the age people should worry about. Folks tend to get more conservative as they age.

That's a bit of a fallacy.

What really happens is that voting habits get shaped by political events that occur during a person's 'developmental' years. (These tend to be from I guess mid teens to mid to late twenties.)

Young people of today who have witnessed Trump's terrible 4 years and the elected Republicans who queued up behind him to sniff his farts on a daily basis are not just going to forget once he's gone. That stench will live on throughout their lives.

Trump gives his 2 week notice today.

Or actually Trump will be given his 2 week notice today.

I expect that Mitch McConnell will announce his resignation for "health reasons" within the next 90 days. Perhaps sooner if he faces a rebellion within his own caucus and is denied minority leader status.

L L wrote:

Sally Vix wrote:

https://news.yahoo.com/james-comey-donald-trump-not-060020070.html

I also don't think it would be a good idea for Biden to direct the US AG to prosecute Trump. Not from a political view.

But they also should not interfere if the state of New York prosecutes him.

And they should turn over any federal evidence that New York may ask for.

We've gone over this before, but I don't think Biden and the Feds will aggressively go after Trump and I don't think they should. While prosecution is probably well deserved it can't escape the appearance of being politically motivated, it distracts from more immediate issues, and NY State seems to have it in hand anyway.

What the Dems can and should do is, through legislation, codify constraints on presidential behaviors which had previously been "accepted norms" such as disclosing tax returns and guidelines for potential emolument exposure. I'd expect Reps would support this as well once Trump is out of the picture.

Another thing that needs to happen, though a path is not clear, is that there has to be a political cost on the Congressmen who enabled Trump to run roughshod over the constitution.

Banned in 60 Seconds wrote:

I expect that Mitch McConnell will announce his resignation for "health reasons" within the next 90 days. Perhaps sooner if he faces a rebellion within his own caucus and is denied minority leader status.

nah Mitch will see if he can get 10 moderate senators, blue and red, to work with him to slow down Joe & Co. Which could happen. Real bipartisan chance here. Which I would welcome.

If that fails, and if the filibuster rules are altered...then he might quit.