Delusional Senate Republicans still believe they can control Trump
by Daily Kos
Daily Kos— Most GOP senators have fallen in line with Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign to return to the White House, starting from the top with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. They’re with him despite everything, including Jan. 6 when he unleashed a mob on the Capitol that threatened their physical safety, if not their lives. But they are hanging on to the pretense that they’ll be able to constrain him by continuing to refuse to nuke the filibuster for him, something Trump demanded when he was in the White...
India West—A Conviction Can Cost Trump His Own Vote, Republican Support: Analysis. WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – A conviction for former President Donald Trump on any of the 91 criminal charges he is facing across four separate cases will not prevent him from running for the White House, but it will cost him the support of a third […]
New York Post—Pennsylvania primary proves Trump still has to win over regular Republicans. Pennsylvania Republicans just sent a warning to former President Donald Trump: A good chunk of the party’s supporters still need some convincing.
Los Angeles Times—Column: The Republican Party can still do what's rational and right. Here's the proof. There’s no record of Edmund Burke — the great Irish-born British statesman and father of modern conservatism — actually saying what is often attributed to him: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” But it does capture his worldview well enough. It also captures a renewed, possibly short-lived triumph of courage and wisdom within the Republican Party. Amid threats to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson for allowing a vote on aid to Ukraine, Rep. Tony...