Cracks in the facade are beginning to appear.

[Mashmont]

Republicans start walking away from own plan to spend tax dollars on Trump’s ballroom​

On Tuesday, as part of a weird press conference, Donald Trump again endorsed a Republican effort to secure public funding for “security” measures related to his ballroom vanity project. A day later, a reporter asked him whether he was concerned about Congress giving up on the proposal. He said he was not.

Hours later, it became clear that he should have been. The New York Times reported:


The entire trajectory of this fight has been bizarre for a while. For months, Republican officials in the White House and on Capitol Hill assured the public that the ballroom project would be privately financed. Two weeks ago, however, the party’s position changed unexpectedly, and GOP senators unveiled a package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, which included a $1 billion provision that, if approved, would spend taxpayer dollars related to the ballroom.

Republicans start walking away from own plan to spend tax dollars on Trump’s ballroom

“The votes are not there,” one key GOP senator reluctantly conceded. “We will lose.”

www.ms.now

Gee, you don't think congressional R's are wising up to the idea of voter resentment over taxpayer money going to the gilded boondoggle and the unconstitutional slush fund.........are they?

There isn’t resentment to made up narratives. Trump’s candidates were 37-0 Tuesday.

 

[berg80]

There isn’t resentment to made up narratives. Trump’s candidates were 37-0 Tuesday.

Repub primary voters are still blindly devoted to the ignorant fat guy. No one disputes that. Let's see how those candidates fair in the general election when they have to face voters who are not brainwashed idiots.

BTW, Dotard's approval rating is now 34%. Meaning all that's left are the cultists.

 

[Mashmont]

Repub primary voters are still blindly devoted to the ignorant fat guy. No one disputes that. Let's see how those candidates fair in the general election when they have to face voters who are not brainwashed idiots.

BTW, Dotard's approval rating is now 34%. Meaning all that's left are the cultists.

I see. Everyone else is crazy, but leftwing fringe kooks are the sane ones.

Those fake polls you cite had a number of Trump guys getting defeated including the guy who kicked Massie's ass. What now?

 

[Lesh]

I see. Everyone else is crazy, but leftwing fringe kooks are the sane ones.

Those fake polls you cite had a number of Trump guys getting defeated including the guy who kicked Massie's ass. What now?

Can you cite the Massi poll?

 

[Mashmont]

Can you cite the Massi poll?

Massie Loses Primary Despite Earlier Massive Betting Odds Lead

Betting odds on Kalshi two weeks ago showed Massie with as high as a 78% chance of winning his primary.

www.forbes.com

 

[Lesh]

Massie Loses Primary Despite Earlier Massive Betting Odds Lead

Betting odds on Kalshi two weeks ago showed Massie with as high as a 78% chance of winning his primary.

www.forbes.com

Betting odds are not polls..

Sheesh

 

[Nostra]

Trump backed candidates just keep kicking ass.


Thread fail.

 

[Mashmont]

Betting odds are not polls..

Sheesh

Betting odds are more reliable than polls. Polls will become obsolete shortly.
Polymarket beat the pants off traditional (leftwing) polling organizations in the 2024 election.

Research Portal

facultyprofiles.vanderbilt.edu

 

[berg80]

I see. Everyone else is crazy, but leftwing fringe kooks are the sane ones.

Didn't say that. It's sad that you have to make shit up. The point is the remaining support for trump comes from those who still believe the lies about the 2020 election, don't think he's responsible for inflation and high gas prices, think Jack Smith had no evidence against Dotard, believe the cabinet is made up of qualified people, and think the 26 women who came forward to accuse him of sexual abuse all made it up. So, like I said, the cultists.

 

[Mashmont]

Didn't say that. It's sad that you have to make shit up. The point is the remaining support for trump comes from those who still believe the lies about the 2020 election, don't think he's responsible for inflation and high gas prices, think Jack Smith had no evidence against Dotard, believe the cabinet is made up of qualified people, and think the 26 women who came forward to accuse him of sexual abuse all made it up. So, like I said, the cultists.

Of course you said it. You're saying the "cultists" are the 34% minority. Yet this minority ran the table 37-0. lol. Gallrein kicked Massie's ass by 10 points. I think the problem is you're relying on phony leftwing polls. The Trump caravan is much larger than you're pretending.

 

[berg80]

Of course you said it. You're saying the "cultists" are the 34% minority. Yet this minority ran the table 37-0.

Yes. R primary voters are the MAGAest of the MAGAist's. What's your point?

 

[berg80]

US House Republicans cancel Iran war powers vote​

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives unexpectedly canceled a vote on Thursday on a resolution seeking to end the Iran war unless President Donald Trump obtains Congress' authorization, two days after a similar ‌measure advanced in the U.S. Senate.
The vote had been scheduled to take place late Thursday afternoon, just before lawmakers left Washington for their Memorial Day recess.

The House had blocked three previous war powers resolutions in close votes earlier this year, with near-unanimous support from Republicans, underscoring the strong backing for the Iran war and the president ⁠within his party.
But the margins had become increasingly narrow - the last resolution failed on a tie vote - as weeks passed since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on February 28. Thursday's measure looked likely to pass, given expected defections by a handful of Republicans and the absences of others.

US House Republicans cancel Iran war powers vote

The vote was unexpectedly canceled two days after a similar ‌measure advanced in the Senate.

www.reuters.com

Senate Repubs similarly went home for a couple of weeks over failing support for the slush fund and the ballroom.

 

[berg80]

Trump said he’d ‘remember’ companies that didn’t apply for tariff refunds. Many of them are anyway​

Trump said he'd 'remember' companies that didn't apply for tariff refunds. Many of them are anyway

Walmart confirmed to CNBC it has sought a tariff refund and plans to use any money it receives back to invest in lower prices for shoppers.

www.cnbc.com

What if everyone, collectively, Repub's, businessmen, citizens, gave a giant middle finger to Don and his quest to put himself before the country?

 

[JohnDB]

 

[berg80]

It appears increasingly likely public funding for Don's golden wet dream isn't going to happen. Senators like Lindsey Graham who proposed spending $1B on it are scurrying back to their hidey holes, waiting for the next opportunity to massage Don's scrotum.

 

[Mashmont]

Yes. R primary voters are the MAGAest of the MAGAist's. What's your point?

But you implied MAGAs were the only ones left in the GOP as if they were a minority within the party. Can’t have it both ways, Skipster.

 

[berg80]

But you implied MAGAs were the only ones left in the GOP

I didn't. I said the worst of the worst MAGAist's tend to vote in primaries.

 

[berg80]

In a Rarity, Republicans Stand Up to Trump​

For much of President Trump’s time in office, Republican lawmakers have had little appetite to stand up to his brand of vindictive politics.

Through revenge primary campaigns, bullying social media posts and the threat that he can command the G.O.P. base to go after anyone at any time, Mr. Trump has brought lawmakers in his party under his control like no president in modern history. A single critical word against Mr. Trump or his agenda could result in a full-scale retribution campaign to force a disloyal Republican from office.

But this week, in a rarity in G.O.P. politics, Mr. Trump’s taunts, bullying and threats have backfired, at least for now. Senate Republicans, after the president targeted two of their own, stood up to Mr. Trump on two of his biggest priorities: money for his White House ballroom, and a $1.8 billion fund to reward Trump supporters who claim political persecution by Democrats, such as the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

“So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops?” said Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky. “Utterly stupid, morally wrong — take your pick.”

In a Rarity, Republicans Stand Up to Trump

President Trump faced a wall of opposition from Senate G.O.P. lawmakers, in part over his plan to create a $1.8 billion fund to reward his allies.

www.nytimes.com

For the record, while no one comes close to trump for being a pile of shit Mitch lost any ability to credibly comment on someone else's morality when he stole two SC seats in a historic act of treachery.

 

[Mashmont]

That kind of thing can snowball when the coattails of a prez are looking very tattered indeed.

37-0. There are your coattails. Sorry, your tale about defections is nonsense.

 

[berg80]

37-0. There are your coattails. Sorry, your tale about defections is nonsense.

As I have already stipulated, Dotard is still a rock star among R primary voters. The low information crowd. How his chosen candidates will fair in the general election is another question.