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Grim Chieftain

(1,520 posts)
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:15 PM Friday

Do you think Trump's bizarre, unhinged tirade against the Supreme Court is the final tipping point?

We have heard numerous Democratic senators and representatives say that off camera, Republicans have expressed concern about Trump's unhinged demeanor. Is this finally what it will take for them to say "Enough" and back impeachment? Clearly there has to be a point at which they stand up and put country above the crazed felon. Thoughts?

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Do you think Trump's bizarre, unhinged tirade against the Supreme Court is the final tipping point? (Original Post) Grim Chieftain Friday OP
No; there's no tipping point, just a gradual slide. Ocelot II Friday #1
Exactly BlueWaveNeverEnd Friday #29
Agreed bif Saturday #43
I would love to think so. . . . BigDemVoter Friday #2
No, there is no final tipping point. GOP is not even nervous about war with Iran. bucolic_frolic Friday #3
Not unless rank and file abandon him ITAL Friday #4
Nope. There is no tipping point for Repugs. There is no bottom for Repugs. RockRaven Friday #5
His polls are so low the GOP may see him as a liability C_U_L8R Friday #6
That's what I am hoping. This can't go on or our democracy will be dead Grim Chieftain Friday #9
He's also costing Republicans money as well as votes and prestige C_U_L8R Friday #10
The repukes are still scared of the 35% of magaloon voters to vote against him. kimbutgar Friday #7
The problem is that 35% makes up a lot of their primary voters EdmondDantes_ Friday #11
Sadly true kimbutgar Friday #13
That, and possibly a lot of Kompromat Putin has on a lot of them and will hand to Trump at the drop of a hat Attilatheblond Friday #20
No, because he is 100% killing it on the white supremacy LuvLoogie Friday #8
No. I think things will continue to get worse and there will never be a breaking point yaesu Friday #12
NO Wednesdays Friday #14
I agree! MyOwnPeace Friday #18
Much more to come. There will be a birthright citizenship ruling in June dalton99a Friday #15
SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly working women who followed tradition re husbands' surname Attilatheblond Friday #21
Nope. Not even fucking close. Autumn Friday #16
No. This is not a tipping point for his cowardly congressional supporters. La Coliniere Friday #17
No. It's going to take Marines in body bags. BlueNProud Friday #19
Lockstep support might fade stopdiggin Friday #22
Bannow said in email to Epstein in the 45th term that Trump warranted Amendment 25. PufPuf23 Friday #23
Nope, not even close. ABC123Easy Friday #24
No, but I suspect we're not all that far from it. GoCubsGo Friday #25
Is this the tipping point? Fuck no. Not even close unfortunately chicoescuela Friday #26
No, but it's a great set up for an extra special unhinged SOTU address Raven123 Friday #27
So many tipping points. pandr32 Friday #28
Made a few observations today in that hour I left the house and went into the world. multigraincracker Friday #30
No. Its just the usual daily tipping point. Will be forgotten within 48 hours IcyPeas Friday #31
No. ananda Friday #32
Nope. Nt Fiendish Thingy Friday #33
I'm hoping other countries release some Epstein info on him womanofthehills Friday #34
When are we going to learn that there is no "tipping point?" BlueTsunami2018 Friday #35
1,065 days. n/t Jacson6 Friday #36
The only final tipping point for Trump would be... LudwigPastorius Friday #37
No casket needed. Just a white shroud. LuckyLib Saturday #38
The critical tipping point is when: most people just stop listening to Donny and his associates and the wider circle struggle4progress Saturday #39
Seriously? Trump worshippers call that Friday. His been nuts 24/7 for a long, long time and the GOP just shrugs. Vinca Saturday #40
What I'm hoping is that maybe drmeow Saturday #41
You'd think so Bettie Saturday #42
I think the crazed tirade had a point from Trump's point of view peggysue2 Saturday #44
If there were a tipping point, it would have been January 6th, 5 years ago! Emile Saturday #45
Excellent points Grim Chieftain Saturday #46
No, it will never be enough. Initech Saturday #47

BigDemVoter

(4,691 posts)
2. I would love to think so. . . .
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:17 PM
Friday

But I have gotten so negative about the repigs ever growning a spine. . . . Nonetheless, I can always hope!

bucolic_frolic

(54,721 posts)
3. No, there is no final tipping point. GOP is not even nervous about war with Iran.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:18 PM
Friday

Ignoring SCOTUS is not a problem for them. After all the whole party is at war with the legal code, all they do is sue to overturn parts of it to their advantage.

ITAL

(1,301 posts)
4. Not unless rank and file abandon him
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:20 PM
Friday

The average republican in rural PA is still with Trump and until that changes the reps will stay with him too.

RockRaven

(19,027 posts)
5. Nope. There is no tipping point for Repugs. There is no bottom for Repugs.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:21 PM
Friday

There is no limit for Repugs. There is no redeeming action for Repugs.

C_U_L8R

(49,200 posts)
6. His polls are so low the GOP may see him as a liability
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:22 PM
Friday

The end could be nearing… and arriving faster than anyone thinks possible.
Despots end suddenly like that when the support drops out.

EdmondDantes_

(1,605 posts)
11. The problem is that 35% makes up a lot of their primary voters
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:29 PM
Friday

With gerrymandering and people tending to sort ourselves geographically, they're more likely to lose to a further right opponent than a Democratic candidate.

kimbutgar

(27,064 posts)
13. Sadly true
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:32 PM
Friday

I have a magaloon BIL that lives in AZ who says he’s not happy with the 🍊🐖💩 but still supports him.

Attilatheblond

(8,595 posts)
20. That, and possibly a lot of Kompromat Putin has on a lot of them and will hand to Trump at the drop of a hat
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:54 PM
Friday

Just think of all the stupid GOP pols who have visited Russia, where the 'doves' are lovely and the hotel rooms wired for video.

LuvLoogie

(8,698 posts)
8. No, because he is 100% killing it on the white supremacy
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:25 PM
Friday

And that's why they voted for him, really.

yaesu

(9,177 posts)
12. No. I think things will continue to get worse and there will never be a breaking point
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:31 PM
Friday

Because big money from the Epstein class will always have his back and big money owns this fucked up country, we are just renters waiting for an eviction notice.

MyOwnPeace

(17,491 posts)
18. I agree!
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:48 PM
Friday

I used to be MUCH more active at this site prior to the craziness of the last election. I was convinced that SURELY there was NO WAY anybody would vote for that idiot again.
In severe shock, I've quit following SO many 'pundits' and political leaders, having believed that they 'knew' - just like me - that there was NO WAY he'd be back. I, like them, was wrong.
I also had great faith in Jack Smith - and believed that Judge Cannon would be burned at the stakes by other 'professional' judicial associates. Again, I was wrong.

I'm feeling like I've had a 'sit-down' with my Dad.
"Son, there is no 'justice.' Bad people CAN and DO win. Not all people have a sense of 'what is right' and 'want to be fair.' People can be shits!"

I'm waiting for the 'Big Macs" to kick in. That is now the basis of any hope that I have.

Mom didn't lie to me about 'eating right' - did she?

Attilatheblond

(8,595 posts)
21. SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, mostly working women who followed tradition re husbands' surname
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:57 PM
Friday

and without means or time to slog thru document hunt and passport requirements.

La Coliniere

(1,849 posts)
17. No. This is not a tipping point for his cowardly congressional supporters.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:43 PM
Friday

The threat of stochastic terrorism from MAGA lunatics looms like an agitated crocodile ready to strike at the moment a former supporter speaks out against him. This is still a thing.

stopdiggin

(15,271 posts)
22. Lockstep support might fade
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:58 PM
Friday

(somewhat)
Impeachment? As in actually deposing? Not even worth talking about.

PufPuf23

(9,754 posts)
23. Bannow said in email to Epstein in the 45th term that Trump warranted Amendment 25.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:00 PM
Friday

Recent days could be tipping point to something worse in near term.

Examples like major war against Iran or domestic crackdown on dissent.

Those, domestic and foreign, that benefit from Trump will continue to be resistant.

Vance sucks too and is less obvious and maybe more in thrall to money and power that have stolen the USA,

ABC123Easy

(186 posts)
24. Nope, not even close.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:09 PM
Friday

It's just a small temper tantrum. Just wait there's a whole schmorgosborg of idiocy awaiting us.

GoCubsGo

(34,818 posts)
25. No, but I suspect we're not all that far from it.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:18 PM
Friday

These episodes are becoming more and more frequent. It's just a matter of time before he goes off the deep end.

Raven123

(7,720 posts)
27. No, but it's a great set up for an extra special unhinged SOTU address
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:29 PM
Friday

I won’t be watching, but I wonder who of the SCOTUS justices will attend.

pandr32

(14,096 posts)
28. So many tipping points.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:34 PM
Friday

It's as though they are all hairs wound together and coughed up by a hell cat. It goes on and on.
One day, though. Sigh.

multigraincracker

(37,290 posts)
30. Made a few observations today in that hour I left the house and went into the world.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:37 PM
Friday

Had to pick up a few things at the local box store. Passed a guy with a tee shirt that said, in big letters, Trump is a child molester. I said nice shirt and he thanked me. Point is, a year ago I saw lots of red hats. None now, in fact we had a big wind today and I think that got the last tRump signs.
They have no defense for the pedo label. USE IT.

womanofthehills

(10,838 posts)
34. I'm hoping other countries release some Epstein info on him
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:58 PM
Friday

He’s got to know any horrific info can come out at any time.

AI - “ in late 2018 discussing Donald Trump's mental state. In a December 31, 2018, text, Epstein wrote to Bannon: "He is really borderline," referring to Trump. Bannon responded: "I think it's beyond borderline -- 25 amendment," implying Trump was unfit and should be removed from office under the 25th Amendment.”

BlueTsunami2018

(4,929 posts)
35. When are we going to learn that there is no "tipping point?"
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:58 PM
Friday

No. Absolutely not.

These people are FASCISTS.

No one can save us but us.

And we don’t seem willing to do so.

LudwigPastorius

(14,461 posts)
37. The only final tipping point for Trump would be...
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 11:55 PM
Friday

when they tip his casket off a ship somewhere in the middle of the ocean so that his cultists won't have a place to go worship.

See: Osama bin Laden

struggle4progress

(125,853 posts)
39. The critical tipping point is when: most people just stop listening to Donny and his associates and the wider circle
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:58 AM
Saturday

of attention whores, goons, halfwits, ideologues, loons, sycophants, and thieves that contribute to the foul-smelling cloud around him

Vinca

(53,654 posts)
40. Seriously? Trump worshippers call that Friday. His been nuts 24/7 for a long, long time and the GOP just shrugs.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:34 AM
Saturday

drmeow

(5,979 posts)
41. What I'm hoping is that maybe
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:08 AM
Saturday

it makes SCOTUS realize that they are neither immune nor safe and wakes them up. But even that I doubt.

Bettie

(19,526 posts)
42. You'd think so
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 10:29 AM
Saturday

but Republicans are a strange breed. They don't see ethics as anything other than a word they throw around about others, never their guy.

They will never say "Enough", it isn't who they are.

peggysue2

(12,474 posts)
44. I think the crazed tirade had a point from Trump's point of view
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:51 AM
Saturday

It was a warning to Court members, his Supreme Court, that they better get back in line. He even mentioned their families (they're ashamed).

Trump has a gangster mindset. If he doesn't get his way, he'll lash out and threaten. IMHO, this was a shoutout to his demented supporters:

These Justices need a wake-up call.

The man is utterly depraved and starting to panic. He'll do anything.

Emile

(41,668 posts)
45. If there were a tipping point, it would have been January 6th, 5 years ago!
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 11:56 AM
Saturday

One thing for certain, REPUBLICANS ARE WEAK ON CRIME, and will not hold him accountable.

Grim Chieftain

(1,520 posts)
46. Excellent points
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 12:02 PM
Saturday

I was hoping that finally there would be some Republicans who had the ethics and decency to stand up, but apparently, I was wrong.

Initech

(108,265 posts)
47. No, it will never be enough.
Sat Feb 21, 2026, 12:03 PM
Saturday

The fucking asshole will keep usurping his power and performing illegal act after illegal act and people will be too afraid to stand up to him, while his idiotic supporters and ass kissers cheer him on.

Something has to be done. It has to.

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