(UPDATE: Virginia’s Lt. Governor Winsome Sears has announced she will not support another run by President Trump, “I could not support him, I just couldn’t”. More here.)
Delegate Tim Anderson (R-Virginia) believes it’s time to divorce Trump, as do many others. Election results made it obvious. In states where we should have won but Donald Trump had a large presence, PA, GA, and AZ, we lost.
From VirginiaMercury.com:
“He will lose Virginia. Just like he’s lost two other times. And he’s going to bring us all down with him,” Anderson, R-Virginia Beach, said in an interview Wednesday afternoon. “I should have said this two years ago.”
Anderson, an attorney and gun shop owner with a knack for politically charged lawsuits tied to conservative causes, said he and many others in the GOP have long felt privately that Trump was bad news for the party. By going public now, Anderson said he hopes other Republicans will also find their voice as Trump prepares a third presidential bid.
“There’s no chance we’re going to sway light blue Democrats our way ever again if we’re going to be wearing red Make America Great Again hats,” Anderson said. “It’s just never going to happen.“
From the NY Times:
“Republicans have followed Donald Trump off the side of a cliff,” David Urban, a longtime Trump adviser with ties to Pennsylvania, said in an interview.
Former Representative Peter King, a Republican from Long Island who has long supported Mr. Trump, said, “I strongly believe he should no longer be the face of the Republican Party,” adding that the party “can’t become a personality cult.”
Donald Trump was an excellent President but his time has come and gone. He will be 80 in 2024. But the biggest problem is the hatred he engenders among so many Americans. Republicans can not have a party leader and Presidential nominee who so many Americans feel strong passion against.
Delegate Time Anderson is correct, we should have divorced Trump from our party two years ago. It’s time to move to a leader America can support, one like Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin.
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Wow! It has been less than a week of a miserable election cycle. No one can trust the pollsters. The Republican candidates need better consultation and help, and the democrats still play their rhetoric and lies very well, and we are already screaming about other issues for the 2024 season.
I am watching very concerning issues that are coming about from the Republican party and the party members. I can say to you all, “watch what is happening very closely”, “be open minded”, remember there are games within, there are games afloat, that will not help the people, and republican party, but will only help the players who are butt hurt and pissed off, because they lost when Trump won, and made America better than they could make it. Don’t get me wrong, I like Ron DeSantis but when I found out that Jeb Bush, Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, the Cheney’s, and Mitt Romney, are planning to back DeSantis, in a presidential run I knew right away that this was the play the RINOs wanted to destroy Trump, and gotten to DeSantis’s head and they are using that to their advantage to usher in Bush style republican leadership again, and to destroy the Maga movement. This includes Mike Pence. Therefore, Trump is speaking out. He knows the true issues and the troubles that the RINOS, Cheney’s, and many democrats are trying to use as rhetoric to push Trump away from being a candidate. RINO‘s hate that they are no longer the majority of the GOP that is why they teamed up with the Democrats to continue this lie about January 6 and everything else they can do to stop Trump. They hate that Trump took over their party and they are trying to illuminate him and his followers. That will be a big nut to crack, for there are millions.
We as a country, saw big positive changes when Trump was in office, we were better financially and militarily as a country. Now we are going broke and falling into socialism, because the politicians of the past to include the RINOS and democrats have allowed this to happen, for they are globalists. They want world rule and think this is a way to go for everyone. They will try everything possible, to assure they get their way and will return to power. This power does not help us the people, it helps these power players only. What is real interesting is they say Trump is power hungry, but he took care of the people. The RINOS still play to the democrats and their believes and political games and never gave to the people, they gave to the elitist and their financial backers, big business, big pharm and other crazy governments..
I like DeSantis but I will not vote for him over Donald Trump. I know Trump sent out mean Twits, what a bunch of garbage, you all cannot take some dirt talk. Maybe you are as woke as the people you bitch about, dealing with tweets. I would rather hear the shity twits, verses paying high taxes, high gas prices and going broke on the backs of the democrats and rhinos spending sprees. Donald Trump is the reason that Ron DeSantis won his race for governor in the first place. He is helped DeSantis to be who he is and if he would now turn on Trump because Bush and Company have flattered him and promise to endorse him and get him all the endorsements he needs from the media as well then he has become someone that we did not know that he is. Watch and see if I am right about this. There is a coup going on within the republican party the rhinos will use DeSantis as their Trojan horse to entice the people away from Trump. They cannot defeat him unless we turn on him and the only one who tries to keep us out of the NWO. The RINOs are financially up to their eyeballs in with the Democrats to push this New World order, do not let them. It will be America‘s undoing.
Very sorry to see that Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears follows that crowd; I hope she re-thinks it. “That crowd”? Pointing at Trump (the last one to spoil the uni-party’s vision) when it’s now been set in cement: “GOP wins the votes; the other party wins the ballots (mail-in, absentee, etc.”). Twin wings on the same bird of prey; Uni-party forever.
Here’s a novel idea, how about instead waiting until you get your asses kicked and throwing an election to decide it’s time for a change, you stop ostracizing and parroting silly name calling crap like a petulant child, and actually shut your mouths and open your ears when a differing conservative viewpoint is offered up?
https://twitter.com/i/status/1590732201267982337
just as a reminder, here in Virginia, Youngkin spent a lot of time, energy and money helping out Republicans like:
Fairfax City Mayoral candidate Sang Yi (LOST to Democrat Catherine Read); V
A08 GOP nominee Karina Lipsman (got CRUSHED as expected, losing by 48 points to Rep. Don Beyer);
VA11 GOP nominee Jim Myles (got CRUSHED, losing by 33 points to Rep. Gerry Connolly);
VA10 GOP nominee Hung Cao (LOST by 6 points to Rep. Jennifer Wexton);
VA07 GOP nominee Yesli Vega (LOST by 4 points to Rep. Abigail Spanberger); etc.
And nationally, Youngkin campaigned for Paul LePage in Maine (LOST by 13 points to Democrat Janet Mills);
Kari Lake in Arizona (race not decided yet, but she’s narrowly trailing Democrat Katie Hobbs at the moment),
Lee Zeldin in New York (LOST by ~5 points to Democrat Kathy Hochul),
Tudor Dixon in Michigan (LOST by about 10 points to Democrat Gretchen Whitmer),
Derek Schmidt in Kansas (LOST narrowly to Democrat Laura Kelly in a deep-“red” state),
Heidi Ganahl in Colorado (LOST by 17 points to Democrat Jared Polis),
Bob Stefanowski in Connecticut (LOST by 12 points or so to Democrat Ned Lamont),
Mark Ronchetti in New Mexico (LOST by 6 points or so to Democrat Michele Lujan Grisham);
Tim Michels in Wisconsin (LOST by 3 points or so to Democrat Tony Evers);
Christine Drazan in Oregon (LOST to Democrat Tina Kotek), etc.
Sensing a pattern here? LOL
Virginia Republican Party, Tea Parties, “Patriots” thrown into mass confusion as Gov. “Red Vest” Youngkin turns against Trump!!
LtGov Sears started it today:
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a conservative Republican who traveled the country in 2020 to promote President Donald Trump’s reelection, said in the aftermath of this week’s midterm elections that it’s time for him to leave the political stage.
“What we saw was, even though he wasn’t on the ballot, he was,” Earle-Sears told The Washington Post on Thursday. “Because he stepped in and endorsed candidates. And yet, it turns out that those he did not endorse on the same ticket did better than the ones he did endorse. That gives you a clue that the voters want to move on, and a true leader knows when they have become a liability to the mission.”
Sears was immediately hit with attacks, especially HARSH ones from Trump’s spokesperson, far-right media personality Sebastian Gorka, VA State Senator Amanda Chase, etc. Sears’ comments no doubt came from Youngkin & his political operation. No doubt their plan is to first work to push Trump out of the way, then Youngkin either runs for president or tries to latch on to a ticket with DeSantis? And Sears becomes governor?
Republicans in disarray; VA Sen. Amanda Chase (R) calls LG Winsome Sears (R) and Del. Tim Anderson (R) “weak ass” for bailing on Donald Trump.
Hahahaha!!!!!
It is way too soon to cast aspersions on Trump. MAGA is a powerful driving force for the Republican Party – even though the GOPelite starting with the Tea Party would prefer it go away. For the life of me, I don’t understand this hatred for America by people who were actually born and live in America. It appears that the entirety of the Democrat Party and a lot of RINOs think that the international tyranny of authoritarian leaders is preferable to individual freedom in America.
Republicans should never turn their back on Donald Trump, it is extremely unfair. Let’s not forget all the pressure and attacks he shield us from.
Without his guidance during Covid we would have been lost. If the other lady won the election in 2016 we would all be still locked up. He was the only light and hope that directed us through those dark times.
Maybe he is tired of all the harassement and attacks that we know of and the many other attacks that were hidden.
Please support him and honor him as he sacrificed his luxurious life for us and to preserve the dignity of America.
What he went through wasn’t easy.
Please let’s not use the term divorce with him.
He was good to us and to America.
This is Just my Kind and Fair opinion.
Agree. Before we allow the anti-MAGA forces to take out Trump, we need to let the dust settle. Our Republican leadership undercut some folks who might have won – and they are hiding their responsibility by putting blame elsewhere, particularly on Trump. This is a typical GOPe stunt because they are miffed at being rejected by the GOPbase.
Roger that, Trump is out there everyday stick his neck out for Americans
“one like Governors Ron DeSantis and Glenn Youngkin.”
full-of -crap trumpers both
Until the gop goes after the lefts vote fraud I will no longer vote for any gop candidate the commies in both parties can go to hell
They would if they could but they can’t so they won’t.
All good points, Mr. Wayne. I do not want squishes leading our party. DeSantis is definitely not a squish!
I would also like an assessment of what our supposed senate and house leadership did to support our candidates. It seems to me that they were part of the problem. Trump is an easy target as he has been for almost a decade. I think we ought to see how our money was spent and for who.
“ said he and many others in the GOP have long felt privately that Trump was bad news for the party”
Long held privately but didn’t have te balls to step up publicly until after the fact. Wouldn’t that be the definition of a “squish”? But now, now everybody wants to turn on Trump. More indication of the character of the entire party lot. “conservatives”, smdh……
The problem is that Mr. Trump speaks the truth no matter how harshly. I do not want a return to the
GOPe that has utterly damaged the Party for decades. I still remember the attacks on the Tea Party by our supposed moderate leaders. I still remember the silence in the McCain campaign offices until a conservative Palin was nominated. I still remember how Cuccinelli was taken down by our own all to RINOish people. And here we are, throwing Trump over because of this election not producing a massive red wave. Somehow we seem to think that deSantis or Youngkin would be a savior. DeSantis maybe. Youngkin is too much like the Bushes.
We cannot return to the good old boy go along to get along folks who are responsible for this slide into trouble. I am for fighting – the bare knuckles kind.
And one final thought, who is it that is trying to tear Trump down? The democrats, the media, the RINOs, and the WEF. These are the “we are the world” people who are tearing down Bolensaro of Brazil and would love to take ou Maloni of Italy.
tump tells the truth? Good God, man, get a grip. He just threw his wife under the bus. He just said he should get all of the credit for wins and none of the blame for losses. The man is insane
I don’t think it wise for any Republican to take advice from you. You certainly don’t have our interest at heart. Trump didn’t get 100% of his choices elected, but the house will be in gop control and likely the senate. Winning in NY and PA was always a stretch – Christ would have been rejected once again.
Well, John old boy, we have a nasty dementia patient for president so an insane one who does good for America gets my vote. Oh, are you going to run fetterman for president? Is he an upgrade for Joe?