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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Reason Darnold Has Every Republican Behind Him
Is that he has something on every single one of them.Maybe it's Epstein, maybe something else.
Bolton and Christie were examples.
He knows where they live.
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The Reason Darnold Has Every Republican Behind Him (Original Post)
Mr.Bee
Sep 2025
OP
No, many of them are just shit human beings who think the same way he does (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2025
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snowybirdie
(6,519 posts)1. His daddy in law
Is a political power broker in SW Florida where lots of millionaires live or have property. He actually is from the NYC area.
Bluesaph
(1,019 posts)3. Whose?? _(ツ)_/
yorkster
(3,628 posts)4. Right - whose father-in-law?
OLDMDDEM
(2,988 posts)2. Good point. I tend to agree.
malaise
(291,952 posts)5. Been saying that for eons
Rec
malaise
(291,952 posts)6. Been saying that for eons
Rec
Melon
(974 posts)7. Because they align as a party with the goals of the party
They dont spend time attacking each other. They move ahead as a party
.versus
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The know that there own careers hinge on staying in power as long as possible.
House of Roberts
(6,364 posts)8. Sam Darnold?
Mr.Bee
(1,562 posts)11. No, Darnold Dump
SheltieLover
(75,730 posts)9. Kompromat
muriel_volestrangler
(105,437 posts)10. No, many of them are just shit human beings who think the same way he does (nt)
NCDem47
(3,291 posts)12. For Republicans who aren't BEGGING to get in on the action...
The rest are bribed, bullied or blackmailed.
I was syaing this in Trump's first term. The Mob Boss got the keys to the vault--and boy was he going to use it to his advantage.
BlueTsunami2018
(4,809 posts)13. Or maybe they're just a bunch of fucking fascists.
Which seems much more likely to me.
Theyve always been this, this was always the plan.
walkingman
(10,236 posts)14. The reason is obvious....
When 54% of Americans read below a 6th grade level and about 35% think they will be raptured - it is easy pickings for someone like Trump.
Solomon
(12,628 posts)15. I've said for years. You can't get in the club unless you're blackmailable. They can't trust you otherwise.