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kentuck

(115,246 posts) Fri Jan 30, 2026, 08:43 PM Friday

Let's be clear: Republicans could stop all this chaos tomorrow if they wanted. [View all]

But they do not want to stop it.

They still see some political advantage in it.

Trump could do none of this if he did not have the support of the Republican Party.

It's a simple truth that we tend to forget in all the mayhem and threats.

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Let's be clear: Republicans could stop all this chaos tomorrow if they wanted. [View all] kentuck Friday OP

They're all in business together. bucolic_frolic Friday #1

Heritage Foundation WmChris Friday #3

If this is political advantage to them... DSandra Friday #2

They are definitely psychopaths. Along with about 30% of the USA. littlemissmartypants Friday #8

But they won't, so Democrats are our only hope. Scrivener7 Friday #4

....and the 70 Million people who voted for them Thunderbeast Friday #5

The Republican Party and all of those who voted for him. Firestorm49 Friday #6

I think the narrative shouldn't be "Trump this, trump that," it should be "Republicans this, republicans that." NBachers Friday #7

Of course not. If the Trumpublican party had even the vestige of a moral bone in their bodies;... pat_k Saturday #9

Kompromat yellow dahlia Saturday #10