Jonah Goldberg: Would the Republican Party consider throwing Trump overboard?

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Jonah Goldberg: Would the Republican Party consider throwing Trump overboard?

By Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency  32 mins ago

As the Trump campaign flounders under the accumulated weight of the pandemic, the economic crisis, the mass protests and a Twitter account plugged straight into the president’s limbic system, I wonder: What if the parties mattered?

Donald Trump wearing a suit and tie sitting at a table: goldberg-trump-20200701.© TNS goldberg-trump-20200701.
I’m a subscriber to a counterintuitive school of thought popular among some political scientists. Their belief is that partisanship is so strong today because our parties are so weak. Both Democrats and Republicans have become incapable of defining and protecting their long-term interests on a time horizon longer than the news cycle.

Prior to the “reforms” of the early 1970s, our democratic system depended largely on the internally undemocratic nature of the parties. Under the pre-1972 system, independent socialist Bernie Sanders wouldn’t have been allowed to run for president as a Democrat, and Donald Trump wouldn’t have gotten within 100 miles of the Republican nomination.

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[libertybele]

Would the GOP consider throwing Trump overboard???  Absolutely.  They already have; including the supposed conservative justices that he appointed.  McConnell especially.  He's the biggest azzhole that the party has. He'll realize soon enough that he's going to be thrown out on his keester as soon as they all quit putting on the horse and pony show.

Picking Rudy to handle the election 'discrepancies' was a huge mistake and I can't help but wonder why? What good did Rudy do Trump as long as he's been his attorney, but open his big mouth when he should have kept it shut?

[skeeter]

Would the GOP consider throwing Trump overboard???  Absolutely.  They already have; including the supposed conservative justices that he appointed.  McConnell especially.  He's the biggest azzhole that the party has. He'll realize soon enough that he's going to be thrown out on his keester as soon as they all quit putting on the horse and pony show.

Picking Rudy to handle the election 'discrepancies' was a huge mistake and I can't help but wonder why? What good did Rudy do Trump as long as he's been his attorney, but open his big mouth when he should have kept it shut?

Anything referencing 'Trump' should be amended to read 'Trump's Supporters' and understood in that context. Because it's never about Trump.

I disagree with you about Giuliani. He was handed a steaming pile and did as well as was possible with it.

[libertybele]

Anything referencing 'Trump' should be amended to read 'Trump's Supporters' and understood in that context. Because it's never about Trump.

I disagree with you about Giuliani. He was handed a steaming pile and did as well as was possible with it.

He may have been handed a steaming pile, but that pile should have been handed to someone much more savvy, competent and knowledgeable.

Even at that,I'm not so sure that the outcome would be any different as our SCOTUS didn't even bother -- the writing was on the wall a long time ago and I believe all the judges knew that if they had to make a decision they weren't going to even hear the case.  They blinked and they flinched and they absolutely failed in their duty.  I have absolutely no faith in them anymore.  None.  Zero.  I have no faith in the GOP, its members nor our judicial system.

If I come across harsh I don't mean for it to be directed to you.  I am angry and I am venting.  How do we move forward?