The criminal behavior to which Trump has admitted is much more grave than anything alleged or unearthed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and much of what Mueller revealed was impeachable.

Collectively, Republicans want to keep Trump popular so they can keep winning elections. In our era of increasingly nationalized politics, most Republicans can’t run independently of the president, even if they want to. Perhaps recognizing this, many have instead tied themselves more closely to him. Trump defines the Republican Party brand as president, so if Trump is unpopular, the Republican Party is unpopular, which would likely spell steep electoral losses for the party.

The only way this dynamic changes is if the entire Republican Party apparatus (not just politicians, but also media commentators and surrogates) turns on Trump en masse. But for this to happen, somebody still has to speak up first, and others have to follow. But it could happen. Let’s use political scientist Timur Kuran’s classic work, “Private Truth, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification,” as a guide to understanding major political transformations. He argues that political regimes can persist despite being unpopular, which is why a government overthrow, when it does come, can often seem so sudden.

YankeeTarheel wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:26 am Shep Smith,
Chris Wallace
Andrew Napolitano
Juan Williams all openly hostile to Trump

Even some of the more reliable ones like Cavuto and even Ingraham are openly uneasy with Trump and Giuliani.
"Off the Record" even Hannity is worried though on the air he's still a staunch supporter.

Since Roger Ailes left and died, Fox is not nearly as determined to have all reporters and analysts follow in lock-step (other than the designated token house liberals).

JohnNewell wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 12:36 pm Reading the comments of the Crazy Rightwing Event Organizers (tm) on social media more and more are denouncing Trump, largely because of his bumpstock ban. Not a majority, but the trend is interesting. And we've noticed lately that the organizers for neo-fascist Latinos for Trump are setting up alternative organizations.

In a sign that the right-wing media's relentless defense of President Donald Trump may be cracking, Fox News host Tucker Carlson published an op-ed with Daily Caller co-founder and publisher Neil Patel zinging Trump for his call with Ukraine's president. "Donald Trump should not have been on the phone with a foreign head of state encouraging another country to investigate his political opponent, Joe Biden," Carlson and Patel wrote. "Some Republicans are trying, but there's no way to spin this as a good idea."

"By all appearances, the President's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is wrong and appalling."

DavidMS wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2019 8:34 pm The 538 article gets it right. If / When Trump's support on the right collapses, it will be very sudden and obvious in hind site. The fact of the matter is that the House Democrats need to through hearings make it easier for Republicans to make that jump. If I was in the House's Democratic leadership, I'd strongly consider making sure that Rep. Justin Amash is on the committee investigating Trump's actions with regards to Ukraine.

DavidMS wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2019 8:34 pm The 538 article gets it right. If / When Trump's support on the right collapses, it will be very sudden and obvious in hind site. The fact of the matter is that the House Democrats need to through hearings make it easier for Republicans to make that jump. If I was in the House's Democratic leadership, I'd strongly consider making sure that Rep. Justin Amash is on the committee investigating Trump's actions with regards to Ukraine.

Wino wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:26 pm The main strip street passing my subdivision, running from 410 to 1604 has approximately 4 taco vendors per block on average - approx. 9 mi. in length.

FDT/ABT

K9s wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 1:40 pm

JohnNewell wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2019 12:36 pm Reading the comments of the Crazy Rightwing Event Organizers (tm) on social media more and more are denouncing Trump, largely because of his bumpstock ban. Not a majority, but the trend is interesting. And we've noticed lately that the organizers for neo-fascist Latinos for Trump are setting up alternative organizations.

I think Latinos for Trump is a sham/shadow organization (like Jexodus) and the rest to allow Trump voters to believe they weren't in a white nationalist party.

Any "Latino" who would fear "taco trucks on every corner" is not really an American patriot. Sounds like a whacko or mercenary. Who doesn't want "taco trucks on every corner"??