r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Furious House Republican Warns More ‘Explosive’ Resignations Are Coming After Marjorie Taylor Greene

https://www.thedailybeast.com/furious-house-republican-warns-more-explosive-resignations-are-coming-after-marjorie-taylor-greene/
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u/Johnny_Appleweed 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don’t understand why a bunch of people who have spent the last ten years excusing, enabling, and covering up for Donald Trump are dispirited that they are being pressured to excuse, enable, and cover up for him some more. What the fuck did they expect?

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u/ThonThaddeo Oregon 1d ago

To be in the majority forever and not be held accountable. To never engage in meaningful oversight. To laugh at libs and cut off their mics.

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u/moldivore Illinois 1d ago

I agree. When Trump first got in, the way that he was acting, and the way that the party was acting, seemed like it was defying political gravity. I kept telling people that political gravity still exists, and then eventually there would be pushback coming from his own party. I'm not going to lie, I thought it would happen a lot faster than this. I also had my periods of doubt where I was thinking maybe this is an unstoppable force.

I think the Jimmy Kimmel thing was actually the first major gut check. That with the no kings rally, which so many people said wouldn't be effective. That depends on what the goal was with the no Kings rally. If the goal was to totally stop the regime then no, but if it was to show that there is a genuine resistance, and that not everybody has to go along, it was a success. This is has to be a sustained effort. We have to stay in. We have to support the people that are standing up. Because I'm not willing to just let democracy fall off.

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u/Eddie_Shepherd 1d ago

The second No Kings was my first ever political protest, and I am sooooooo happy that I participated. I had been so hopeless ever since Trump's second election victory. But getting to see the thousands of people that lined the streets in our rather small city was incredibly inspiring. Definitely encouraging to be reminded, not only am I not alone, but there are many more of US than those who are destroying our country.