2018 Could Be The Year Incumbents Are Shown The Door In A ‘Trumpian Manner’

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The Daily Caller News Foundation
Ginni Thomas
September 9, 2017

Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is battling the Republican establishment and the Washington swamp President Donald Trump promised to drain by leading the Senate Conservatives Fund.

The Republican failure to repeal Obamacare was “a vote a whole election can turn on,” Cuccinelli told The Daily Caller News Foundation in this exclusive video interview. Republicans’ broken promises are causing a pronounced riff that jeopardizes a growing number of Republicans seeking re-election next November. Should they support the Trump agenda or vote with the sinking popularity of the Republican leadership and Washington establishment?

The dangers in the current political environment for the Republican establishment are now “opportunities” for scrappy groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund, whose supporters get most animated for defeating incumbents who won’t keep their promises once elected.

Cuccinelli seeks to find the rebels most able to defeat a content-free Republican. He says 2018 just may become the midterms where a large swath of incumbents are shown the door in a “Trumpian manner.”

“Mitch McConnell’s ego is more important to him than the well-being of America,” Cuccinelli said in the interview, which was filmed before Trump made a debt and spending deal through December.

Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney explained that Trump was right to be frustrated with Republican leadership, and find a better deal than the one they offered him.

Cuccinelli said Republican leaders like to play the “crisis game” of legislating up against a deadline or recess. In a recent Facebook post, he provided the empty leadership arguments given:

If only we had [more power], things would be great. We need to just get past [current fight] and focus on [future election] so we can have [new higher electoral number] and then we will be able to [win policy we are not currently fighting for]

But they have “never played it with a president willing to take shots at them,” Cuccinelli said in this exclusive video interview.

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http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2017/09/09/2018-could-be-the-year-incumbents-are-shown-the-door-in-a-trumpian-manner/

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It's not an empty argument when you don't have a majority.  Conservatives do not have a majority.

[Cripplecreek]

Anything that declares Trumpers to be conservative is a faulty argument.

[Night Hides Not]

Anything that declares Trumpers to be conservative is a faulty argument.

CC, it's been over 35 years since I departed Germany, but there are several phrases that I haven't forgotten. Your post enabled me to dust one off: ganz genau - exactly.

[Cripplecreek]

CC, it's been over 35 years since I departed Germany, but there are several phrases that I haven't forgotten. Your post enabled me to dust one off: ganz genau - exactly.

The simple fact is that Trump supporting challengers did very poorly in the last election. The screaming moron who challenged in my district went down to a more than 70-30 defeat to the incumbent republican. It only took about 10 seconds of listening to his screaming robocall claiming he was gonna help build a wall, throw out the messicans, and put mericans back to work for me to decide he was an idiot.

[Smokin Joe]

Should they support the Trump agenda or vote with the sinking popularity of the Republican leadership and Washington establishment?

What happened to supporting Conservative principles and doing the things they promised in order to get elected?

Why is that option absent?

[Night Hides Not]

What happened to supporting Conservative principles and doing the things they promised in order to get elected?

Why is that option absent?

The Republican majority is not conservative, nor is President Trump...ergo, the conservative option won't even get lip service.

What is the Trump "agenda"? Can anyone explain it?

Bueller?  Bueller?  .....

[Smokin Joe]

The Republican majority is not conservative, nor is President Trump...ergo, the conservative option won't even get lip service.

What is the Trump "agenda"? Can anyone explain it?

Bueller?  Bueller?  .....

***jimney

[jpsb]

Anything that declares Trumpers to be conservative is a faulty argument.

Trumps policies are more conservative than any president since Ike, his judicial picks are more conservative any president I am aware of including Reagan.

[LMAO]

There might be a few bones thrown to conservatives in the next several years but nothing in the way of a more limited federal government

With more spending on the way, no ObamaCare repeal, the GOP in Congress happy with the status quo and Trump working with Schumer and Pelosi we can forget about seeing any real scale back of the federal leviathan

[jpsb]

There might be a few bones thrown to conservatives in the next several years but nothing in the way of a more limited federal government

With more spending on the way, no ObamaCare repeal, the GOP in Congress happy with the status quo and Trump working with Schumer and Pelosi we can forget about seeing any real scale back of the federal leviathan

You are operating under the illusion that the GOP wants limited government. That is a GOP scam. The GOP runs on limited government and fiscal responsibility but once in office they expand government and debt. Did Nixon not grow government and the national debt? Did Reagan not grow government and the national debt? Dido "read my lips" HW Bush. George W Bush expanded government and debt like a drunken cowboy. Ironically the only president that actually did something to limit government and debt was a democrat, Bill Clinton, but only because Newt refused to let him spend like a democrat. So the credit really belongs to Newt and his Contract with America congress.

Since we all know Trump is not an establishment republican it is entirely possible that Trump will try to cut spending an limit the growth of government. He is already doing just that with his regulatory reforms.

And what is so bad about getting Harvey victims recovery funds? I think the folks going bananas over a 3 month debt ceiling extension are trying to make mountains out of mole hills.
All Trump did was send Mitch a memo, get on board and do your job or become irrelevant.

[Oceander]

Trumps policies are more conservative than any president since Ike, his judicial picks are more conservative any president I am aware of including Reagan.

Slow down there, boy, leave some koolaid for the other cultists. 

[Oceander]

There might be a few bones thrown to conservatives in the next several years but nothing in the way of a more limited federal government

With more spending on the way, no ObamaCare repeal, the GOP in Congress happy with the status quo and Trump working with Schumer and Pelosi we can forget about seeing any real scale back of the federal leviathan

That was pretty evident the day Trump was nominated. 

[LMAO]

You are operating under the illusion that the GOP wants limited government. That is a GOP scam. The GOP runs on limited government and fiscal responsibility but once in office they expand government and debt. Did Nixon not grow government and the national debt? Did Reagan not grow government and the national debt? Dido "read my lips" HW Bush. George W Bush expanded government and debt like a drunken cowboy. Ironically the only president that actually did something to limit government and debt was a democrat, Bill Clinton, but only because Newt refused to let him spend like a democrat. So the credit really belongs to Newt and his Contract with America congress.

Since we all know Trump is not an establishment republican it is entirely possible that Trump will try to cut spending an limit the growth of government. He is already doing just that with his regulatory reforms.

And what is so bad about getting Harvey victims recovery funds? I think the folks going bananas over a 3 month debt ceiling extension are trying to make mountains out of mole hills.
All Trump did was send Mitch a memo, get on board and do your job or become irrelevant.

Huh?

 First I'm not operating under any illusions . I'm simply talking about today and going forward.  You started bringing up Nixon, Clinton, Reagan, both Bushs,Newt Gingrich..,.

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The title needs fixing:

2018 Could Be The Year Incumbents REPUBLICANS Are Shown The Door In A ‘Trumpian Manner’

I certainly will be doing my part to get Conservatives OUT of it.

Trumps policies are more conservative than any president since Ike, his judicial picks are more conservative any president I am aware of including Reagan.

And Obama was the greatest President since Lincoln and his Christianity more Christ-like than any human being on earth. /sarc.

When acolytes in sieg-heiling cults of personality make claims, it's nearly always total bunk and the exact opposite of the truth.

[Smokin Joe]

We know what they want...


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