5 ways Republicans are breaking with Trump

[Dulcinea]

(The Hill) President Trump is facing increasing resistance from Republicans in Congress to certain proposals and parts of his agenda as he nears the end of his first year back in office.

Trump remains the unquestioned leader of the Republican Party, and aides have argued that any lawmakers who fall out of line risk facing a primary or losing the president’s support. But that hasn’t stopped GOP lawmakers from criticizing Trump’s actions or rebuffing some of his demands.

A handful of Republicans bucked public pressure from the White House earlier this month to sign a discharge petition to force the release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. That break with the White House is perhaps a sign of things to come.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/5-ways-republicans-breaking-trump-110000419.html

[Chasstev365]

1. Meh: The vast majority of elected Republicans will support Herr Trump and his fascist regime to the end

[C_U_L8R]

2. Republicans don't know much

But they do know how to read polls.
Trump’s shrinking popularity is bad for their careers.

[NJCher]

3. Not to mention

Epstein.

[2naSalit]

4. Yeah...

Let me know when they actually quit the party or tell the orange hellbeast to fuck all the way off.

[FakeNoose]

5. They can quit Chump without actually quitting the Party

A perfect example is Liz Cheney....
Maybe MTG will become another one ... time will tell.

[intheflow]

6. It wasn't a handful of Reps who voted with Dems to release the Epstein files/

It was ALL OF THEM BUT ONE.

[ancianita]

8. That's just one vote. Only one vote.

[ancianita]

7. So what are the five ways? I must have missed that.

Given republicans' behavior for the last 10 months & their 23% approval polling, The Hill's report that "falling out of line, resisting, criticizing, rebuffing, bucking public (?) pressure from the WH" are "ways" of "breaking" with trump -- that's just the Hill's pre-midterm bullshit PR spin to help republicans.

[mdbl]

9. Exactly

Just trying to change the optics for a little bit. Otherwise, they couldn't give a shit. Watch what they do, not what they say.