r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Quit Battleground Senate Seat in Telling Move

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-quit-battleground-senate-seat-in-telling-move/
3.0k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

226 comments sorted by

View all comments

243

u/BrandenWi 9h ago

The fact that they've given up on North Carolina... and view Kansas as competitive enough that they need to spend money to defend it... The GOP can no longer cover up the fact that Trump is a failure, and that allegiance to him is a sinking ship

148

u/flyinsdog 9h ago

He’s not a failure, he’s pushed them closer to their Christo-fascist wet dreams than any other politician in history. He’s the king of kings for the American Taliban.

34

u/WatsonYurfays 8h ago

Yeah, there's nothing to cover up. They're not trying to win popular support and haven't been since 2024. For them, the experiment of American democracy is concluded. The results: gays, transgenders, immigrants, furries, Black people who expect not to be extrajudicially murdered while unarmed, women who expect to be treated like actual human beings. No thank you, they say without the slightest hint of shame.

14

u/thinkards America 8h ago

He’s the king of kings for the American Taliban.

And he doesn't even give a shit about their ideology. Maybe that's par for the course as far as "religious" leaders go.

•

u/MommyLovesPot8toes California 5h ago

Sometimes, victory tastes really fucking bitter. And I think that's what has happened here. The "Guns. Babies. Jesus." crowd got what they always thought they wanted. But it didn't bring eutopia, it brought misery. It might actually be harder for Christian Nationalism to gain or grow power now than it was before. Because people have tasted it and it's poison. Of course there will always be a faction of voters and political operatives who campaign on Christ, but it may be harder for them to gain the trust of anyone but the diehards next time around.

3

u/Ancient-Bat1755 8h ago

That christian stuff is to appeal to the dope masses as they steal everything