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Rhiannon12866

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Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:35 PM Dec 6

Donald Trump's Nominees Are Failing, One After Another. Will The Trend Continue? - Glenn Kirschner



Donald Trump hasn't even been sworn in yet, and it seems his influence is waning. Senate Republicans rejected Rick Scott for Senate Majority Leader. Trump's pick for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz, had to withdraw after it became clear that many Senate Republicans would not support him. Trump named Chad Chronister as his pick to head up the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) but, after some Republican criticism, Chronister withdrew his name (causing Trump to play catch-up, thereafter claiming that HE pulled Chonister's name). And now, it looks like Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is on the fast rack to . . . nope.

What do these developments tell us about Trump's influence and control over the Republican Party? - Glenn Kirschner - 12/06/2024.

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Donald Trump's Nominees Are Failing, One After Another. Will The Trend Continue? - Glenn Kirschner (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Dec 6 OP
It tells me the Republican party used Trump's appeal to the MAGA mouthbreathers to regain power, sop Dec 6 #1
And the thing is, TFG and his "followers" have left traditional Republican beliefs and "values" far behind Rhiannon12866 Dec 6 #2

sop

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1. It tells me the Republican party used Trump's appeal to the MAGA mouthbreathers to regain power,
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:42 PM
Dec 6

and now they want him neutered before he does any real damage to the big money interests who bankrolled him.

Rhiannon12866

(224,674 posts)
2. And the thing is, TFG and his "followers" have left traditional Republican beliefs and "values" far behind
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:53 PM
Dec 6

This is no longer Reagan's Republican party, not even close. Reagan supported immigration, was extremely tough on Gorbachev's Russia, despite Gorbachev's more "progressive" policies, and Reagan joined the other living former presidents, Carter and Ford, in supporting passage of Clinton's 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.

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