Other Republicans Fold to Trump Every Time Because Most of Them Are Chickensh*t – Esquire

There may never be an answer to the question, Why is the Republican Party so determined to die on the Great Orange Hill? However, any serious search for an explanation has to factor in the answer, Because most of them are chickenshit motherfckers, thats why. Politico illustrates.

You may recall that, on Monday, Politico reported that, back at the beginning of April, the National Republican Senatorial Committee had circulated a memo to Republican senatorial candidates that advised them to go on the attack against China when discussing the pandemic, but not to defend the president* other than the China ban. In other words, defend the racism, but not the racist.

Looked at from the malignant perspective of modern Republican realpolitik, this advice makes perfect sense. Engage the fundamental xenophobia of the partys base without reminding them of the president* that this produced last time. If I were a Republican senator, prior to my hurling myself into the Bay of Fundy in a grand act of self-loathing, I would take this advice. However, the Trump campaign found this approach to be something up with which it would not put.

You would think that, by now, this kind of clumsy shakedown wouldnt work any more, but that would mean that the Republican Party was not being run by chickenshit motherfckers, and that would mean you were very, very wrong.

Like a cheap suit. Like a two-dollar accordion.

Were I running a Republican senatorial campaign, especially were I running one on behalf of a particularly endangered incumbent, Id tell old Justin Clark to go whistle up a fish and follow the committees original advice. But the real story here is how thoroughly the Republican Party has adopted the administration*s Piranha Brothers approach to political strategy, even unto its most distant parts. Every piece of advice carries a threat. Every bit of help implies a debt. Nice little campaign you have there. Be a shame if anything happens to it.

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Other Republicans Fold to Trump Every Time Because Most of Them Are Chickensh*t - Esquire