Trump’s Loyal Senate Republicans

[mystery-ak]

 Trump’s Loyal Senate Republicans
They're crippling the party and bucking the voters because they're afraid of President Trump.
by  A.B. Stoddard
January 24, 2019 4:42 am

Republicans in Congress are sticking by President Trump in his shutdown debacle and don’t try to talk them out of it. To hell with the bad polling, the hit to GDP, the struggling workers rationing their medicine, or the security threats posed by the effects on the Coast Guard, TSA workers at the nation’s airport, or the FBI. To the congressional Republican caucus, Trump is worth it.

The president spent Wednesday morning tweeting excitedly about “Great unity in the Republican Party” (among other things) and issued his devotees a new mantra: “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL! This is the new theme, for two years until the Wall is finished (under construction now), of the Republican Party. Use it and pray!” he tweeted.

For real. (The wall isn’t under construction now, but let’s leave that aside for the moment.)

On one count Trump is right: Despite the fact that he preemptively owned the government shutdown on live television more than a month ago there really is tremendous unity in the Republican party right now. The Washington Post reported that interviews with 40 senators and staffers showed “lawmakers have all but surrender to the president’s will,” despite polls showing “the GOP bears the brunt of the blame for a standoff few in the party agitated for.”

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[Formerly Once-Ler]

Yep.  They surrounded his flank "in spirit" during the President's caving speech this afternoon.

[corbe]

   Insightful, though she didn't explicitly mention his Twitter Wars on Republicans in the recent past.