Republicans Abandon Ship

Jason, you and I have been doing this podcast for a while now.

And I think other than the very short lived series of criticism that Trump got on January 6th, there is no day I can remember since we've been doing this that has had more dissent within the Republican Party against Trump than this very day.

And.

What we've seen is that starting Sunday night, Politico reported that Michigan GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers filmed an ad at a grocery store talking about high gas prices and high grocery prices and went straight to camera.

and called for Trump to end the Iran war.

Before you could even put that up, Representative Ashley Hinson, who's the Iowa GOP Senate nominee, posted her own call to end the war.

And then just today, we've gotten news that Senator John Husted from Ohio called to end the war, and Wisconsin GOP candidate Tom Tiffany also said the same.

There's also news that Byron Donalds, the GOP nominee for Florida governor, has been scrubbing references to trump on his website we're talking to one of the trumpiest people out there you know basically became the nominee because of his relationship with trump what is happening jason

well i mean obviously ravi it's just that these people have seen the error of their ways and they're making a purely intellectual and courageous no i'm kidding uh look Trump is a brand that when he's up, they're excited.

When he's down, they're scared.

And now he's so far down that they're like, wait a minute, there's only two years left of this thing.

He's so far down, it's time to abandon ship.

And so I guess what they want to do is present it as courage.

But oddly, I think it's just an example of a continuing spinelessness.

And it seems too little too late.

But that's because you and I think about politics a lot more than most people.

For a lot of people, they haven't fully tuned in on the election yet.

So it is possible, theoretically, that there's still time to be known as the Republican who stands up against your president and against the war if you just message on it nonstop between here and the election.

I suppose that is possible.

And that's the move.

Well, Trump definitely seems detached from this election, doesn't want to get any blame for anything that happens.

I mean, he's opening the door to getting credit if things go well, which I can't imagine things will go well in a way that he'd want to take, quote unquote, credit for it.

But this was Trump at the UN for some reason talking about the election to world leaders.

But I believe we'll make a deal right after the election.

because it doesn't make sense for them not to.