Remember last week when the Senate GOP caucus decided to celebrate July 4 in Moscow?
Kinda weird call.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 13, 2018
Never forget: Whatever the label disclaimers, Trump is the Republican Party, and the Republican Party is Trump. His goals are their goals, their goals are his goals — and none of them have anything to do with ‘patriotism’ or their fellow Americans.
Every time you read about some new insanity from this White House, be sure to give a fair share of credit to @SpeakerRyan and @SenateMajLdr for enabling all of it.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 15, 2018
Remember, Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan refused to sign on to a bipartisan statement denouncing the meddling of a foreign adversary in our democratic processes
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) July 13, 2018
On the same day Russian hackers are indicted, @DevinNunes comes to the aid of those who attacked our country and our elections. I can think of no greater betrayal of American values. https://t.co/l7cGX4Qaf5
— Andrew Janz (@JanzforCongress) July 13, 2018
Remember. The 'Freedom Caucus' is the most aggressively anti-rule-of-law group in the country. Led by Jim Jordan and his pal Mark Meadows. https://t.co/PzmiVgoDuc via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 14, 2018
McCarthyism, but with McCarthy trying to keep everyone from exposing him & his fellow foreign agents.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 12, 2018
What is actually on display here is House GOP members demonstrating that they cannot even conceive of the possibility someone could place duty and institutional integrity over base political and personal interests. The concept is too foreign to them to comprehend. https://t.co/oTAmmgfAPr
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) July 12, 2018
Don’t dismiss the possibility the House Repub leadership was part of the collusion https://t.co/Kzqb7EGkAt
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 12, 2018
Either way, they are now.
— Peter A. Shulman ?? (@pashulman) July 12, 2018
reminder: Paul Ryan’s PAC ran 2016 attack that quoted emails stolen by Russians. this was when everyone knew Russians had stolen the documents. Ryan’s group insisted on including
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) July 13, 2018
Today, Trump spent his day overseas flaying allied democratic leaders and checking off items on Putin’s to-do list. His allies in Congress spent their day frantically excoriating the US’s lead spy hunter. I think the Russia scandal is far worse than we even now imagine.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 13, 2018
My hunch is Trump's "little gift for Putin" with be a yard sculpture made from the spines of GOP politicians. https://t.co/PlVrYnYZoL
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) July 11, 2018
“The Republican Party has proved remarkably malleable ideologically.” https://t.co/9Zk2No2gZu
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) July 13, 2018
After Republicans in DC passed the #GOPTaxScam for the rich:
?? The Koch Family gave Paul Ryan $500,000.00.
?? Sheldon Adelson handed the GOP $30,000,000.00.
?? A House Republican sitting Member bought a multi-million dollar yacht.
Republican “leaders” sure are #BetterOffNow.
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) July 12, 2018
(Sidebar: Adelson says he wants to build a casino in North Korea… )
.@speechboy71 in @GlobeOpinion: We’re past the point of wondering whether America can survive a Trump presidency: The real question is whether we can survive Republican control of Washington. https://t.co/6dDPZsxhLi
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) July 13, 2018
Open Thread: Today’s GOP, the ‘Treason in Defence of Its Perquisites’ PartyPost + Comments (148)