I have long believed that not enough has been written about how GOP members have felt physically intimidated by Trump supporters. It doesn’t excuse their cowardice, but it still deserves more attention.
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Yes, if they were truly the moral people their "Christian" faith stands for. But, if a some person, say, pardons 1500 or so violent people back into society, then I guess those violent people might be unleashed on "disagreeable" individuals and then those violent people get pardons. Just sayin...
Maybe because Americans can’t believe that in 2024, violence rules their country.
Every single Republican senator and congressman, and basically any level of R politician or official who has said ANYTHING negative about DJT receive immediate death threats.
Too bad! They wanted the responsibility that comes with leadership. They ran for office. They won. And now these cowards need to do their jobs or get out of the way.
Hey MAGA & all you Reprobate Rs in Congress. You allowed this monster to follow Hitler’s playbook. You should be scared to death. Read the next chapter in that playbook. Doesn’t matter how low you bow or feign adoration of his delusional ass! Once dictator with a private army you’re disposable.
George I don’t buy it, they are afraid, yes, but only of being on the outside looking in. Losing position and power and their access to wealth. Go back and listen to what they all said about him during the first primary. Now they’re snug to the orange sphincter.
Republicans in Congress don't understand that by letting Trump do whatever he wants, they will lose their jobs. Too many bad things are happening to their constituents so they will not vote for them. Trump voters will continue to decrease. Stand up to Trump & fight for the people, it may save them.
MAGA mentality is “might makes right” bullying
When you have to threaten *your own followers* that negates any seriousness
But these whiny cowardly cons are perfectly fine w/threats - just not @them🙄
What, GOP members are worried that their security staff will be taken away? Well, welcome to average citizenship; pay for your own damn protection said the orange illiterate and the Afrikaner.
True, many did leave office when faced with working with MAGA traitor colleagues! These days one's words don't disappear... check out Rubio and his views on Russia... until he is a Trump big shot, turning on our allies! One of many!
Some have admitted via anonymity that they got calls from the orange monster’s sidekick, saying that he would support the other person during the next election cycle and that if they wanted to stay in their position, they knew how they should vote during the confirmation hearings.
In one month, he alienated our allies. Pillaged the government we all depend on. Screwed Americans from young to old. Made us so scared of our future. One month.
George, that’s bs. Dems always get threats of violence, don’t see them buckling. The GOP are cowards, but they sure use those same voters to get themselves elected.
The reckless behavior of this admin is going to hurt Trump supporters too. I get that many are too far gone and won’t ever turn on him, but I am willing to bet that as effects of “burning it all down” hit home, some will wake up.
But the problem is is that eventually the GOP are going to have to face their demons. It would be better to do so now than wait until later when/if things get a lot worse. They are just putting off the inevitable. tRump will, at some point, start thinning out his “loyalists” as well.
Republicans since Reagan and maybe Goldwater have planted the seeds for what we are now experiencing. Remember all the "government is the problem" and Gingrich's "1000 year republican rule" and more? These fuckers deserve to be scared of what they brought on all of us!
Are they as scared as a woman facing an ectopic pregnancy who can’t get reproductive care?
Or the immigrants deported to countries where they will be killed?
Or the 200,000 fed workers fired but have rent and mortgages to pay?
Or ppl on Medicaid who will lose their coverage & access to medicine?
You’re right. It does. So much of what they have or haven’t done deserves more attention. However if they can’t deal with it they should resign en masse immediately.
💯! It would only take about 12 to get rid of the monster and straighten JD out if he wants to keep his job. Our Constitution is worth fighting for. I hope for secret groups in all agencies, hiding critical info, and protecting us like the Pentagon Generals did.
I’m starting to be concerned that there were in fact irregularities not seen. Concerned about the next election based on a number of things Trump has said.
True. I think he was in 2016 based on misinformation. I think he was in 2024 because of Musk and other criminal activity. Definitely fishy. He should have been in prison for Jan 6 long before he could run again. I said they should’ve pardoned him but make him never run again or force him to leave US
Ya, deport fElon, save gov't billions in grants, then they can take his assets, further increasing govt $. Get our data back b4 it's sold on the blackmarket.
Could you imagine if repubs grew a spine & set of big balls stopping 45 dictating who gets a mob sic on them. We all would breathe easier.
The entire line up is pretty spineless. Trump is dangerous but Vance is probably more so. Johnson is absolutely spineless and will allow to be moved as needed. Rubio is inadequate and is running scared.
While it’s true, they maybe fearing the wrong side. Just because our side has things to lose , if you push enough we will stand up. Because unlike the right, we are thankful for America warts and all.
100% the problem are the people. Our friends and family. I'm letting them know by playing the game. Acting like trump strategically and when they ask why I've changed... trump rot...
What are you physically afraid of? You think this isn't going to get bruising and bloody? The MAGA folks showed they are willing to do so on Jan 6th, right? So find your courage people, it's on.
The Obamas endured hundreds of death threats. Trump hate-tweeted at them. An explosive device was sent to their home in 2018. Did ANY of that deter Michelle Obama from crisscrossing this country to campaign for Harris & forcefully speak the TRUTH about Trump? Hell no! The GOP is a party of wimps.
Not only did she crisscross the country, she also very clearly & presciently articulated & warned voters re: what was at stake; called out his b.s, had him shaking in his hidden lift shoes, owned space in his head for days on end & ultimately, called his bluff & refused to normalize or validate him.
They took the oath. It is their job to defend the Constitution, the law, and the people. This means telling the truth, and standing up for that. They enabled him. If it all fails, they will still be in peril. He will not show mercy. Chose how to go down: as a coward, or as a hero.
"Armed" violence is what they fear, Dems too. Ironic it's their own paramilitary wing they've cultivated for gens. Like trump, it's another monster they can't control but must sustain. Since 60s the failure to forestall gun culture made today's warped, malevolent "civics" inevitable. #gunownervalues
Thanks to conservatives like you, George, we have something to compare them to. I’m sure you’ve endured more than your share of right wing hate and threats of violence, but you’ve bravely stood your ground and continued to call them out for their cowardice. Thank you, George!
A convenient cloak for more than a few of them. No doubt the threat from Maga for both parties is very real but many will just say "well I was being threatened" and then carry on.
Their cowardice is appalling; greatest generation my a**. That said, has anyone checked to see if they are under surveillance by any of the 'brown shirt' militia thugs? Do they sit eating bean soup in the cafeteria ready to beat down those who step out of line?
I've been convinced for a long time, that they've been threatened with harm to their families !
A man may stand up and do the brave thing, if it's only him that comes into harms way ! But when you threaten a man's family, you have his attention !
Sorry, GOP Congress, this is what you signed up for when you promised to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. The only way to respond to a bully is to refuse to be intimidated. You are betraying the American people by your cowardice and compliance. Shame on you!
This is now being codified and institutionalized in antebellum/Jim Crow fashion…
the electorate is successfully already halfway there
The lower courts and expanding congressional hegemony are the deeper initiatives and prizes lest we take “eyes off the ball”
All roads 1st foundational step
MIDTERMS
That may be true for some but most of them are jst like him and have been waiting for years for him to say the racist stuff out loud and so they can join in 🤮
Seems to me that the answer here is private voting. Let the senators and congress people vote their conscience on a blank piece of paper. Then you might forestall some of the effect of the bullying.
We need some billionaires that want to save democracy to come together and create a pool of money for republican members of Congress to have security to where they don’t have to be afraid to do their job. Maybe they would stand up?
So a gaggle of white men in Congress are afraid? They shrink from bravery & display cowardice in front of the nation. There is safety in numbers. They could CHOOSE to get together, hold a press conference & read the threatening messages out loud on the Capitol steps. Expose the abusers! Do it!
I have family members who landed in Normandy on D Day and had the privilege of being shot at by Nazis 1.0. If they were still with us they'd be puking their guts out over these jackals.
Hmm. My kid’s school had bomb threats because of trumps rhetoric. I’m fucking scared too. If these people can’t honor their oaths to protect the country, they shouldn’t be in office. Period.
This is what they wanted. There's only one reason to allow unfettered gun ownership while taking away all other rights, and it's exactly this. To enable political violence.
Wrote this in a thread about Zelensky: Some folks say they’re afraid of their constituents and get death threats, so they don’t do their jobs. This guy has literal death threats every day and has for the past three years and still shows up every day. Profile in courage.
Being 1 of 538 makes it easier to hide in the shadows when you’re needed most. Extreme public pressure on center of right members and vulnerable 2026 senators could get them to act and draw attention to the danger/blackmail they’re most likely worried about
I believe it, but if they’re wanting to hide in the mix of it all, I think they’re in the wrong line of business. Who are their constituents, and are they ok with all this? I’m betting for the majority the answer is no.
I wish you were correct but I mean look at where we are. It’s very clear a lot of constituents do not care. If you know any truly ignorant rural people, they are really fine rotting in filth as long as more police get hired to arrest more black men in the big city 120 miles away :/
True. There’s also a ridiculous amount of dis/misinfo out there that grossly skews people’s perceptions of what’s going on. That is, if they care to learn at all. I’m reminded often of Brandolini’s Law, or the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle, if you will. Great resource here https://graphika.com/reports
It’s utterly insane that the threat of physical violence to elected officials and others, incited by an American president no less, is holding our nation hostage. How is this acceptable to anyone in a civilized society?
You're right, it doesn't excuse the cowardice. Boo effing hoo. Liz Cheney, Fani Willis, Kamala, Kinzinger, AOC, Schiff, etc. all stood up to him. I'm sure they got their share of threats. What happened to "I will support & defend the Constitution of the U.S. against all enemies, foreign & domestic?"
I'm so mad, I have to add...they were in tears worried about their families? What about OUR families? There are 100 people w/the great privilege & responsibility of representing 334 MILLION others. If they don't have the guts to do what's right by them, get the hell out and let in someone who does.
I witnessed a white man on a golf course scream at the group in front of his (4 young Hispanic men) about eating cats & dogs the Sat after the Prez debate. On hole 17, he got on their tee box & assaulted them with his club, striking two.
The man was arrested by two white police officers on the 18th green, but was released declaring 'self-defense' & because we didn't see the attack up close, it was one yt man's word against four young Mexican Americans. It still makes me sick. Maga r dangerous. It was designed that way.
This is a major hallmark of fascist/authoritarian strongmen. You are correct, not nearly enough has been written about this but the more we get it into the open the better the chance that we can fight back effectively.
Just today I was threatened by one of them on this very platform. He said they're armed and ready to put down any "leftist insurrection". (Yep, we got problems, people)
Cowards
The threat is to create fear
As long you fear your immobilized
At this point your fear can cost us our country
Get a back bone and impeach Trump
End this nightmare for once and for all!
Why do you feel bad for them. As someone said well earlier in the thread: they are mediocre people with small dick energy. Lindsay, Mitch, all of them. And never ever forget or forgive John Roberts. He sold out the country so he can continue at the country club.
The velocity at which Republicans have fallen to their knees to suck Trump has been astounding, specially all these white men. Who knew the United States could spawn such spineless, coward little bitches.
It’s a problem, but I call bs! These senators are not powerless - not then not now. They can work with D senators, they can speak out, they can band together. The senators cannot control the death threats, but they can control how they respond and how they are treated. Pathetic
The media and law enforcement have both purposely overlooked this story. I hope law enforcement in DC will come forward and agree to perpetrate people who threaten political violence and assassination. It would help a lot.
Rs in Congress have turned their backs on Capitol Police officers who protected them on January 6. Why would these same men want to risk their lives/health/careers again to keep backstabbing ungrateful government workers safe? Why would any LEOs want to?
Remaining quiet gives the threatening party all of the power. Also, GOP members can presumably get the Capitol Police to investigate threats. Finally, they can step down/retire.
It makes you wish the justice system held people accountable for violence so people would hesitant to threaten or worse others ....but here we are, wild west years are back
You know what, when the cult is showing up to your house and making your life literal hell like Shae Moss and Lady Ruby, I might find some sympathy. This is an excuse so they can sleep at night.
I am old enough to remember when 4 years ago the majority of the Republicans were done with him , they even got on the floor of the Capitol to abolish the actions of Jan6. On camera!
In 18 months, when voters express how unhappy they are to their elected officials, GOP members will assess their relationship with Trump. He will be a lame duck POTUS with low popularity polls, which will give them the power to tell Trump to go fuck himself. Otherwise, there will be a blue tsunami.
I think it's money!
Hoarding pigs!
Since reagan, they have been squeezing single moms, and people not quite right (white).
They just found someone with no morals like them.
True cowards. Every last person who bows to trump.
They have chosen HIM over the country because they are weak and pathetic and every single American who actually loves freedom SHOULD be ticked off way more than they seem to be.
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; …
…that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
Note the lack of exceptions, loopholes, asterisks, fine print.
Follow the oath or resign. No excuses. The current atmosphere of threats is a direct result of the failure to follow this oath. Appeasement only feeds the domestic terrorism beast.
It is no struggle to imagine the threats, they are visible for all to see. However, a person with integrity would report the threats & step down if they felt they needed to protect their families.
Falling in line because of the threats just emboldens & guarantees that future threats will also work.
George Will said this about as well as anyone, years ago, when he said that the Real Reason people didn't speak up against, or act against #Trump - was simply Fear of Physical Harm To Them Or Their Family From #MAGA.
Until Trump Finally Harms MAGA, this will continue to be the case.
Sorry but the Media has spent PLENTY of time protecting GOP SIMPS by laying out “reasons” the fucks HAVE to be cowards
You know what they hardly EVER talk about? DEMS who’ve received death threats from GOP psychos for DECADES due to being pro-choice, pro immigration, pro lgtqia or pro POC
I’m sure some are scary but so us living under a dictatorship🙄Good Lord.
They are that afraid they say yes to everything? Petey, Gabby, Robbie et al?? Let ppl’s lives be torn apart, we the ppl robbed?Nah. No. No. No. And they still collect a pay check.
My sympathy is limited. How many Democrats also receive credible death threats every day for just doing their jobs? In 2011, Gabby Giffords (D) was actually shot.
And yet, the Dems still show up and vote. Including Giffords’ husband, Sen. Mark Kelly. Who I see voted No on Hegseth.
If they actually collectively stood up to him, they could defang him and his supporters. They are literally giving him the power. He’s nothing but a schoolyard bully. You can tell they are privileged because they clearly have never had to fight for anything in their lives. Chickenshits.
Like the Appalachian tale of the woman who brought a frozen rattlesnake into her cabin to save it. Once warmed. The snake struck her as she reached out to stroke its scales. When she asked why, the snake replied: You knew what I was when you brought me into your home. It is my nature to strike out.
It may be a radical departure from past norms, but to awaken the plurality from their apathetic political slumber will require a seismic shift in strategy. A public recognition that Trump’s GOP is not fit for office The constitutional crisis is here
#ProtestTheGOP
More should be said about the threats and intimidation these leaders are experiencing. LOUDLY. How can they be expected to do what’s right when they’re coerced & threatened? These threats need DAYLIGHT.
But the tables will turn. That same base will eventually experience pain and loss. They will take it out on their reps. These reps will fear their constituents more than Trump. That’s when you’ll start seeing some pushback in Congress.
I'm not saying Americans don't care—they do, just not enough to put an end to it.Or they assume someone else will step up to stop the atrocities.Each day is worse than the last.We simply watch and wait for the inevitable,as the devastation unfolds and the 47th and goons accelerates it all...
Everyone sees whats happening right before us. Most are old enough to have read history or learned firsthand or through the media about genocides around the world. Brownshirts? That’s insignificant—people will do nothing. If firing squads were targeting fellow Americans, it would make no difference.
Giving him all the power he wants to isn’t gonna help their security situation. Fuck them.
We understand cowards? Tell that to the cops that got the shit beat out of them while defending against the “Jan 6 choir” and now republicans want me us to FEEL SORRY FOR THEM??? fuck that and fuck them.
They need to grow a spine. They're throwing those far less powerful to those same wolves. Power without the honor to protect the powerless is just bullying. We see a lot of it on that side.
If some of the most powerful people on the planet use this as an excuse, what can we expect of normal folks who have to face these creatures in the street without security or protection? Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Talk about the threats, but don't let them turn you into a vassal.
It might get the attention it deserves if more of them spoke publicly, not just to reporters, about the threats they perceive as emanating from Trump's supporters.
Then either shit or get off the pot ! How do you think our fired government workers felt? Being
Bullied, threatened, harassed. And how many can collect unemployment or will be left fighting to keep a roof over their heads ? How many of us are going to die because they fear for their lives? Cowards !
Have they no shame? When we've just passed the anniversary of Alexei Navalny's murder? Seriously, have they no shame? When the institutions of our government are being torn down and regime change is taking place? History will judge.
Dear GOP members,
Welcome to what every kid in schools feels every damn day thanks to your gutless inability to stand up to the gun lobby.
Kind of karmic, ain't it?
Nah - it's been almost a decade. If it was just fear of Trump supporters they would have just stopped running for office. It's greed and blackmail that keep these motherfuckers showing up to skull-fuck the country day in and day out.
Don't kid yourself they've been scared to say a word or make a move that the fuerer would not approve...how can ANYONE ever love that way? Plus the bigger story what is it?
1) what does Putin have on drump
2) what does drump have over all of the republican congress...ist it just the goon squad?
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“I had been the author of unalterable evils, and I lived in daily fear lest the monster whom I had created should perpetrate some new wickedness.”
Maybe because Americans can’t believe that in 2024, violence rules their country.
Every single Republican senator and congressman, and basically any level of R politician or official who has said ANYTHING negative about DJT receive immediate death threats.
But eggs.
When you have to threaten *your own followers* that negates any seriousness
But these whiny cowardly cons are perfectly fine w/threats - just not @them🙄
If they were terrified, they'd leave office.
The truth is they like what Dump and Musk-rat are doing.
They just want sympathy from reporters and Dems in Congress, so if Dump fails, they can claim they were always against him.
They are scum.
https://youtu.be/ql2-4hj5bU4
Or the immigrants deported to countries where they will be killed?
Or the 200,000 fed workers fired but have rent and mortgages to pay?
Or ppl on Medicaid who will lose their coverage & access to medicine?
https://bsky.app/profile/motherjones.com/post/3linhtcowb22w
Cowards.
Unfortunately they chose Trump and the 19th century. At the expense of democracy, humanity, the world.
Could you imagine if repubs grew a spine & set of big balls stopping 45 dictating who gets a mob sic on them. We all would breathe easier.
https://bsky.app/profile/marianuttwrench.bsky.social/post/3li4q5jzhi22k
They bought into maga...they should get what they deserve for being the cowards they are and continue to be.
💙🐢💙
Bill has more guts than Congress
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
He must be removed by whatever means necessary.
I think it’s just an excuse
A man may stand up and do the brave thing, if it's only him that comes into harms way ! But when you threaten a man's family, you have his attention !
What is happening to D now?
What is still to come
People don't go into government to fight and be bullied and lied about and have their families threatened
RINO party has totally failed America
I don't feel sorry for them. That WE are collateral damage is tragic.
the electorate is successfully already halfway there
The lower courts and expanding congressional hegemony are the deeper initiatives and prizes lest we take “eyes off the ball”
All roads 1st foundational step
MIDTERMS
202-224-6253 is Wickers DC number. Note that he is the Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
https://www.wtva.com/video/wicker-says-putin-is-a-war-criminal-and-cannot-be-trusted-in-ukraine-peace-talks/video_44560226-3ffb-54b0-9c5b-efc6967e43aa.html
https://doctorsofcourage.org/apocalypse-now-navigating-americas-heart-of-darkness/
Intimidating?
Uh.
Nah.
His fan club is another story.
People around Trump have a habit of getting killed.
They're still chickenshit ...
Not saying there isn't intimidation, just saying that the GOP is clearly not the courageous people they think they are.
Too bad they’re all cowards.
the gop ENABLED rump
for god sakes george
how long did you vote republican..
Aw, but Republican senators are so scared, they're crying 😢
The threat is to create fear
As long you fear your immobilized
At this point your fear can cost us our country
Get a back bone and impeach Trump
End this nightmare for once and for all!
They will hang separately.
Ask Mike Pence.
(With thanks to Ben Franklin for the quote).
I understand there are templates for resignation letters…
What a LLoser
So, .....
Tells you everything you need to know about Republicans.
Drills and are encouraged to get Kevlar backpacks. Maybe GOP members should do the same. Thoughts and prayers.
Hoarding pigs!
Since reagan, they have been squeezing single moms, and people not quite right (white).
They just found someone with no morals like them.
Shame on them all! Did they not learn anything from Watergate?
Maybe they should do some reading... starting with the Constitution they swore to uphold!
https://bsky.app/profile/gtconway.bsky.social/post/3lil6jiitws2f
They have chosen HIM over the country because they are weak and pathetic and every single American who actually loves freedom SHOULD be ticked off way more than they seem to be.
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; …
Note the lack of exceptions, loopholes, asterisks, fine print.
Falling in line because of the threats just emboldens & guarantees that future threats will also work.
Absolute cowards. They’ll send our soldiers to die for their country, but can’t find even one vertebrae of bravery themselves. 🤮😡
Until Trump Finally Harms MAGA, this will continue to be the case.
You know what they hardly EVER talk about? DEMS who’ve received death threats from GOP psychos for DECADES due to being pro-choice, pro immigration, pro lgtqia or pro POC
so GMAFB
They are that afraid they say yes to everything? Petey, Gabby, Robbie et al?? Let ppl’s lives be torn apart, we the ppl robbed?Nah. No. No. No. And they still collect a pay check.
And yet, the Dems still show up and vote. Including Giffords’ husband, Sen. Mark Kelly. Who I see voted No on Hegseth.
Maybe stand up together before they are all carted off separately for what they know.
Welcome to N Korea
Welcome to China
Welcome to Saudi Arabia
What do all of these Countries have in common?
I guess it's time for the GOPQ to be as afraid of Dem voters as they are of the cult. I guess that's the answer?
#ProtestTheGOP
We understand cowards? Tell that to the cops that got the shit beat out of them while defending against the “Jan 6 choir” and now republicans want me us to FEEL SORRY FOR THEM??? fuck that and fuck them.
Otherwise, it sounds like a bunch of bullshit.
Either way, they are pussies.
Bullied, threatened, harassed. And how many can collect unemployment or will be left fighting to keep a roof over their heads ? How many of us are going to die because they fear for their lives? Cowards !
Allowing some courageous people to take their seats.
None of them need the money.
They are moral cowards!
Welcome to what every kid in schools feels every damn day thanks to your gutless inability to stand up to the gun lobby.
Kind of karmic, ain't it?
Trump has conditioned his supporters to use violence against their fellow Americans to "save America."
1) what does Putin have on drump
2) what does drump have over all of the republican congress...ist it just the goon squad?
Trump has his henchmen to terrorise his opposition.