It’s really not a matter of if Republican senators will leave the party in the lame duck session after a President Trump win in November; the question is: how many?
The predictability of the issue is actually quite simple. {GO DEEP} Almost all senators kneel at the altar of money, nothing else. The GOPe senators will exhaust every weapon in their arsenal on behalf of their multinational financial benefactors, prior to the November 2024 election. Once those narrative attack weapons are exhausted, they will take the deal and quit the party in their final political effort to retain affluence.
Accepting this reality, I asked the question a few weeks ago. The largest number of respondents said 1 to 3 senators will resign the party.
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Lisa Murkowski switching parties is a no brainer. Susan Collins and Todd Young are two more possibilities. Mitt Romney has already announced he is leaving. Mitch McConnell has already announced he is stepping down from leadership and will not seek another term. A tenuous John Thune will only remain if he replaces McConnell. …. and so it goes.
I would bet on THREE Republican senators who will switch parties, but it could easily be more.
One thing is certain, those who do not switch/exit will remain as DeceptiCons and oppose: (a) any effort to confront the intelligence community they support; and (b) all Trump nominations, foreign or domestic policy, that threaten their place at the trough.
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(Via CNN) – […] “I wish that as Republicans, we had … a nominee that I could get behind,” Murkowski told CNN. “I certainly can’t get behind Donald Trump.”
The party’s shift toward Trump has caused Murkowski to consider her future within the GOP. In the interview, she would not say if she would remain a Republican.
Asked if she would become an independent, Murkowski said: “Oh, I think I’m very independent minded.” And she added: “I just regret that our party is seemingly becoming a party of Donald Trump.”
Pressed on if that meant she might become an independent, Murkowski said: “I am navigating my way through some very interesting political times. Let’s just leave it at that.”
Murkowski hasn’t always been on the outs within her party. Appointed in 2002 by her father, Gov. Frank Murkowski, the senator’s politics were in line with the president at the time – George W. Bush – as she maintained a tight relationship with the senior GOP senator from her state, Ted Stevens, who helped build Alaska through federal dollars he funneled back home. (read more)
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If Murkowski had a shred of decency left, she would resign from the Senate.
She won’t…she has no decency.
Left? That implies she had some at some point.
Name any politician that has a shred of decency or is not a professional liar?
It’s not just the number of RINO Senators leaving/flipping that we need to be watching, look at the House. The GP explains the machinations of the Uniparty in this post: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/emerald-robinson-what-mike-gallagher-uniparty-are-plotting/
According to Emerald Robinson:
“The early retirements of Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher are part of a scheme by the uniparty cabal to stop Trump from winning the 2024 election. How? They want to flip the House blue in time to nullify the electoral vote via the 14th Amendment.”
You know they’ll try…
The Uniparty is so desperate to stop the Biden impeachment inquiries and derail the 2024 election certifications they even have their own political-suicide terrorists willing to blow up their own careers for their twisted ideology hoping to be rewarded with an afterlife of 72 well-paid lobbying gigs.
The current 118th congress is done 1/2/25; the 119th congress (elected same day as pdjt) are the ones who will be certifying the votes on 1/6/25….so vote accordingly on 11/5/24 🤓
This is why primaries are so important. But, most people don’t understand them or vote in them.
Trump can blow up this plan very simply . Run for Speaker and continue as the candidate for Presidency. Only Speaker for 9 months and he can do that very easily.
Solid plan IF we had a working majority. We don’t. There are probably 100 or so GOP reps that would rather vote for Hakeem Jeffries than Donald Trump as Speaker.
We cannot put up with that bitch.
Name some plans, people. Now.
We need to purge.
What happens this November if everyone who votes PDJT (including dissatisfied dems and independents) also votes R down ballot? What if there is a Rep landslide much to the disappointment in the RINO wing?
Then wouldn’t we be able to replace these dirty RINOs who are quitting with newer MAGA republicans? That is one way to get rid of the dinosaurs in Congress. Of course, if they all pull a “McGallagher” and stay a tad too long then we have to wait.
I would think that now that Lara Trump has control of the RNC much can be done between now and then.
If the Reps win tons of Congressional seats then at least we have Reps who are not entrenched in the corruption. If we cannot vote them out then we can encourage them to quit or switch sides.
Nice thought re increasing the GOP majority. Unfortunately since the House is full of rinos, just enough of them will side with the Dims to allow uniparty control. That is the swamp’s plan to stop PDT.
The NEXT congress (119th) are the ones who will be certifying the vote on 1/6/25…they will be who we elect on 11/5/24 along with pdjt…the current congress does NOT certify the vote
I called my rep and said they can expel Gallagher and force a special election. After all, they wasted no time in expelling Santos. These people are despicable frauds
I haven’t followed up but I believe Akaska is putting the future of ranked choice voting to the vote and it may be revoked. If it is Murkowski will never win rekectiin there.
Granted cities like Juneau have now gone democrat but most of the beautiful state there still goes heavily republican and Trump. Her playing this card could be a positive.
Typo; relection there
The fix is in.
The RINOs are gonna surrender the House. The Dims will pass a law hosing Trump.
Game over.
Watch…
Nope, it may happen, but it is not going to work.
WATCH and learn.
After she corrupted the Alaska election system so she could cling to her seat in the Senate now she may quit early and turn D. It is all about themselves and their own power, wealth and feelings. It is never about their constituents.
Those damn constituents… they want EVERYTHING to be about them! (sarc)
Oh, PLEASE do. Make our day. When you get ones who don’t give a hoot for our country pretending to be Republicans, it’s soooo much better to get someone in there who will give a dang about us. Her, the Romneys, McConnels and such need to be outsted!
Murkowski is a RINO – I hope she leaves and takes Collins with her.
Actually she is a Uniparty, representing DC lobbyists. And her offshore bank accounts.
I will say it again, the Repuke party is not the answer to our problems. And honestly, I don’t think there is an answer, the country is too far gone.
Not even close to gone.
Ain’t happening.
Country, not city.
Trust God. Fear not.
Seriously?! Put sugar in their gas tank, let the air out of the tires… Leave the UNIPARTY behind.
There’s always something you can do.
Repeal the 17th Amendment.
Good luck with that one my friend…
Convention of States inches closer …
That is a horrible future ! Convention of states? There is only an ART V Convention! COS had BIG money behind them. And you wont like what comes out of an ART V! Robby P. George, a COS board member has already co written A NEW CONSTITUTION—complete with massive new powers for the federal government and red flag LAWS for 2nd amendment.
The Constitution we have is just fine, thank you. Needs enforcement, and serious penalties for violations of oath, but it’s just fine as is… Minus the 16th, 17th, etc.
MAY THE LYING LIAR FORMER DADDY’S GIRL MURKOWSKI BE EATEN BY A BI-POLAR BEAR … at least that’s my Christmas wish for Santa and he’s not too far away “listening” in his North Pole bunker …
Non-binary polar bear- TFIFY
That might poison the bear.
GTFO now!
And let the door hit you on the way out!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/rino-lisa-murkowski-threatens-leave-gop-trump-im/
Having refused to support Trump in both 2016 and 2020, Murkowski to undermine key parts of his agenda by voting, including voting against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over fabricated allegations of sexual assault. In 2022, she voted for Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
You don’t have to watch the video, just look at the picture of Diane Feinstein a 80+ year old woman completely INTIMIDATING Murkowski.
I’m willing to bet the second Pres. Trump gets his THIRD win in November, Murowski will have a “change of heart”… again and either rejoin the Republican Party or try to hang onto Pres. Trump’s coat-tails.
Murkowski isn’t a fighter… she’s a coward… I mean look at the Vid above and her body language. When Pres. Trump wins in November she’ll bend the knee faster than Nancy Pelosi did for BLM.
She’s a coward. So you’re saying she’s GOPe. But [I] you repeat yourself.
She’s afraid of retribution for her impeachment vote. Her bridges are well and truly burned.
If Feinstein had Murkowski that “terrified”, good chance that
Murkowski had advance knowledge of who Feinstein was really tied to.
Feinstein was in the game forever. Feinstein was from Pelosi/D’lassandro’s
neck of the woods.
Was Feinstein in the game long enough to be mobbed up, like Baltimore Nancy?
I tried to watch that old video but couldn’t get by the Liars leading up to the picture.
What Murkowski is really saying is that she doesn’t respect the will of the vast majority of Republican voters who selected Trump fair and square in their state primary election. So she has no use for democracy. She wants totalitarian rule where the elite in their superior wisdom select who THEY want. I would like some interviewer put it to her like that.
Trump winning re-election will be the easy part ( assuming he outvotes the cheat).
Getting his government up and running will be very,very onerous.
A healthy reminder!
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Nauseating.
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Everyone should screen-shoot that one for anytime anyone says Dim Tim should be the VP. Not only for this, he’s just not that smart.
Does Trump remember this???????
Repeal the 17th Amendment at a Convention of States.
Make these creatures accountable to the home state legislature. Would quickly become majority MAGA.
There is no such thing as a “convention of states!!!!! It is a made up term by Meckler. Just SOUNDS good! Our constitution had it right and congress and stupid peoples in the US wanted senators “elected”. Well, it worked! Now you want a NEW constitution? Because that is what you will get with COS. The first two words of the constitution in ART V says “the congress” —not states! The feds will plan, name time and place and according to Congressional Research Service (CRS)
may even pick the delegates! Delegates have plenipotentiary powers! Read par. 2 of DOI. To go along with COS would be suicidal for this nation. And, a new constitution would have its own mode of ratification! Our first convention was a definite runaway! James Madison said “those who secretly wish to get rid of our constitution will do so UNDER THE PRETEXT of’getting amendments’. Does this sound like COS to you or not?
Yep… John Jay, Hamilton, Adams, and other “federalists” hijacked the convention to AMEND THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, and turned it into a convention to make a whole new form of gov’t, one with a much more centralized national gov’t, with enhanced powers.
So, to those who say that a COS couldn’t be hijacked … IT ALREADY WAS. Never underestimate what a lust for power and money can do to corrupt even the best of people.
Well she caucuses with the Uni-party wearing a Republican Pajama suit.
So there is that; but that ain’t enough for me.
Seems to be a lost concept – going to Washington D.C. to actually represent the people back home, and not the personal feelings of the person sent to D.C.
It does confirm that once in D.C. they could care less about the people back home.
That’s what my congresshag Slotkin said. She is there to vote ‘her conscience’, not ours.
3rd grade example of how Lisa Murkowski was installed through Rank Choice Voting:
What in the Hell is Ranked Choice Voting? A Free Primer
https://skeshel.substack.com/p/what-in-the-hell-is-ranked-choice
Three Things to Know About the War Against Ranked Choice Voting in Alaskahttps://skeshel.substack.com/p/three-things-to-know-about-the-war
Was she ever really a Republican? RINO = Republican In Name Only
And she slithered into office via a very manipulated process.
They hate us more than they love their country.
They love MONEY and don’t give a crap about anything else. TFIFY.
1. Toomey – Gone
2. Romney – Gone
3. Sasse – Gone
4. Burr – Gone
5. Cassidy – 2026 Gone
6. Collins – 2026 Gone
7. Murkowski – 2028 Gone
This is Truly a Beautiful Thing ! Rock on MAGA
independent…not switch parties. Independent Republicans mean RINOs. Independent Dems mean Communists.
Draining the swamp!
Charity begins at home with the Republican party
I don’t care because the uniparty will still be in charge, and they will turn their backs on DJT anyway.
I wish the voters of her state would get behind things and push her right out of office ASAP!
On the contrary, it would seem a good time for conservatives to be ready to “step up” and see if our world view and values are not truly competitive in the realms of national political discourse. I believe they are valid and attractive. Let’s see who we can field to take the RINOs’ seats.
What an idiot.
It’s becoming rather enjoyable, albeit somewhat stressful, watching one man wreak such havoc.
One of the first big tells the game is rigged came in the 2010 election, a “shellacking” red wave year. When R’s won. But not real R’s won.
Remember Murkowski supposedly won a general election as an “Independent” write-in candidate against Joe Miller in 2010. Write-in. They’d have you believe that 40% of all voters took a pen in the voting booth, 102,000, and wrote in her name because they liked her so much, and only 91,000 bothered to pull the lever for Republican Joe Miller.
With 60,000 for the D. Joe Miller got 56,000 in the primary, which means he only received 35,000 more voters in the general. Murkowski got 54,000 votes in the primary, which means she got 48,000 more voters to not only pull the lever for her like they did in the primary, but actually liked her so much they wrote her name in.
Knowing what we know about rigged elections now, do you really think she won that election fair and square in 2010? Or have they been stealing elections for a long, long, long time? Establishment Rino’s along with D’s. Which is why they don’t dare take up election fraud. They’re guilty as hell, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alaska
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/murkowski-claims-victory-in-write-in-campaign
go ahead you rotten fivepence of cancerous dogshit!! you and the rest of the rino’s like you and asshole mitt Romney as well as Beijing match know your days of betray are quickly approaching
What can be achieved in a Trump term when, it seems, both Houses will be against him, and his executive actions can be reversed the moment he is out?
What happens if the executive portion of the deep state just ignores him, and the courts disallow him from firing anyone.
What happens if the media ignores him and just reports on the Houses and such… and his appointees are rejected all, and only the ones that are fed to him can be passed through?
What happens if few to none “leaders” of the world actually want to talk to him…
What happens if he gets impeached and removed by the end of the first year?
…. I’m assuming above “they’ll” let him win in the first place.
The prototype Nikki Haley is threatening to leave the GOP? When was she ever anything but a RINO?
Looking for worthy electeds in DC is like sifting thru ashes after a house has burned down. You poke and scrape around long enough you’ll find a diamond ring or a nice watch. But there aren’t enough of them to change the write-off status.
We are the diamonds that God is searching for among this wreckage. DC has proven its self and it’s unredeemable. We are the salt of the earth if we follow the Light of ages. DC loves being a harlot and would rather die than turn to God.
DC will pass but do not mourn it like her myriad of suitors will when their paydays are gone. Ours is on its way with the King of kings.
She swore, but it had nothing to do with supporting the constitution.
So she goes independent! We’re already not in control of the Senate. Get Rid of her!
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Alaska may ditch RCV before Demcowski’s next election so switching to dem might cost her her lifetime nepobaby sinecure.
She’ll stick with the current plan; remain a dem 5th columnist inside the GOP.
We now know the Republican party “current” has more in common with the Democrats than they do with we the people .
Make it official. Have the R changed to D.
Purge, baby, purge.
When is a congressional majority not a majority? When 1/4-1/3 (or more) of your members are Democrat party plants.
Btw, Democrats are going through this, too. The post civil war 2-party status quo is dying.
What will Planned Parenthood do without Murkowski??
Don’t let the door hit you, Murk”lowsy”.
You’ve only ever aided the Dems…what’s the difference?
Just trying to make a name for herself. Traitor comes immediately to mind.
They’re absolutely despicable. Trump’s great crime was fighting for the AMERICAN PEOPLE and not the controlling interests of the rat-infested SWAMP. Shame on these unAmerican pieces of Swamp-trash.
The RINO-rats are worse than the D-rats. They are frauds, liars, thieves and despots seeking to destroy everything conservatives and Americans stand for because they are compromised and controlled. They operate as cogs in the crime syndicate known as Congress.
And a big THANK YOU to all you so-called Republicans in Alaska that allowed this woman to lose her race in 2010, but you turned around and re-elected her as an Independent later that year over the man that beat her in the Primary election. You then Re-elected her ever since as your Republican Senator without one thought of how she back stabbed her party and voters to get back into office. THEN you all signed on to that Ridiculous Rank Choice BS that insured DemocRATS would continue to elect her for you. NOW she says she’ll leave the party if you stand with MAGA and re-elect President Trump. You people are PATHETIC….
Outstanding comment. Thank you.
Eff her and the Alaskans that voted for her! Nuff said!
Before castigating the Alaskan people, consider Frnak Murkowski’s control from the grave Lisa inherited and Mitch McConnell. You’re also not considering the Murkowski backed change to Rank Choice vote tabulation, not to mention good old election rigging.
I have to wonder if Alaskan Rs truly wanted her, or if 2000 Mules (in effect election rigging) may have had something to do with it. I have no doubt that a whole lot of Alaskan Rs did not vote her in—but I wasn’t there so I don’t know how many moderate to liberal Rs vote in that state. But maybe there really are clueless Rs there in the majority. I do not know. I can’t see into their hearts. But I have to wonder about vote cheating in that state.