Eric Janson
emptywheelThe GOP appears to be realizing that the leopard that almost burned down the Capitol on January 6 because he couldn't be President anymore is willing to burn down the GOP if he can't have it too.
Sean Rileyare they willing to face it?
JD@emptywheel the country as well
Marina Ormes 
@emptywheel Ouch. Yeah, just wish they would keep it out of our country's living room.
Paras Bhargava@emptywheel the gop does not exist. Its the tnp (trump new party)
Kyle 
@emptywheel if Trump could burn down the GOP, I would be so happy.
CPR@Kyle @emptywheel I’m sure the Dems tried but it seems like i pudding contest between him and Marco and him and desantis prior to the election would have been fun
Barry Schwartz 
@emptywheel I can but wait and see how they deal with their emergency.
Bounceoffed@emptywheel I think they thought that in 2015/16, but played along because they couldn’t beat him. They never had the leopard by the tail and they aren’t prone to making plan Bs.
Nichol Brummer@emptywheel leopard?? Why associate this divisive Trump with that beautiful large african cat?
David Turanski@Nichol @emptywheel I thought it was because a leopard “never changes his spots”
Catrathustra@emptywheel does anything prevent someone that loses in the primary to run in the general under a different party?
DaveC-CO @Catrathustra @emptywheel Practical election registration logistics. Didn't work for Andrew Yang. The major parties have built-in numerous obstacles to 3rd party & independent challenges.
@DaveC @emptywheel there's a good 30% to 40% that has shown they will stick with Trump no matter what, and he knows it. Quite different from Yang.
Ashton@emptywheel if only someone had warned them. Oh well.
Fenix🔥 Resistance Starts NOW@emptywheel I wanna say “Duh” but…
@emptywheel People just can’t seem to understand that he has no political positions. He has biases and bigotry but his only real concern is himself — his damaged insatiable ego.
Tina 
@emptywheel I thought this before .. they’ve always come back (my guess is blackmail). We’ll see if they ditch the Mango Menace.
Hexa@emptywheel their best move was 100% to drop him like a bad habit on January 7th. They couldn’t quit him and how the chickens are coming home to roost.
Jay Arnold @emptywheel or planning
@@emptywheel and I'm here for it. With popcorn.
Verdiculous@emptywheel
as much as I enjoy schadenfreude and dislike the two-party political system we seem shackled to, I fear Trump taking down one component of that system will have some serious deleterious effects on our government as a whole.
Best case the GOP splits into two. Worst case, democracy falls.
It’s a pretty broad spectrum of failure 😩
as much as I enjoy schadenfreude and dislike the two-party political system we seem shackled to, I fear Trump taking down one component of that system will have some serious deleterious effects on our government as a whole.
Best case the GOP splits into two. Worst case, democracy falls.
It’s a pretty broad spectrum of failure 😩
lord pthenq1@emptywheel
I approve!
I approve!
Jamie Barraford@emptywheel they always I knew that Trump was willing to burn down the party. They just hoped the fire could be contained long enough to gain power forever.
Spocko@emptywheel
I'm looking forward to the fight. Trump won't hesitate to launch a Nuke at DeSantis. He has already threatened him, that means one of his MAGA followers will likely do it for him.
I'm looking forward to the fight. Trump won't hesitate to launch a Nuke at DeSantis. He has already threatened him, that means one of his MAGA followers will likely do it for him.