Trump’s heated rhetorical attacks on Democratic lawmakers, whom he called out as “traitors” who deserve to be jailed, have left his Republican allies in Washington dumbfounded and skeptical about any bipartisan dealmaking at the end of 2025.

Republican lawmakers and strategists fear Trump is undermining his own credibility and ability to get anything done before the midterm election.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that Trump labeling his political opponents as traitors was “reckless” and “irresponsible.”

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    19 days ago

    Then do something, assholes.

    Or keep acting like cowards who are afraid of what Grabby Grandpa’s gonna call you, that seems more likely.

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      I literally do not understand why they are so afraid of him. They literally have the power to keep him in check. Does he have dirt on the entire Republican Party or something?

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      The majority of modern journalists are complicit in the current regime. They sane washed Trump, A man that is sun-downing harder than Japan after the second bomb.

      If Republicans ever have their Nuremberg the fact that the modern media will likely never be held accountable for what they set in motion is a travesty and they will likely lay the groundwork for the next dictator.

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      He’s pretty much just a mirrored Susan Collins: virtue signals that he puts principles over party but is a complete fraud who falls in line 99% of the times that his vote actually matters.

      But from the RIGHT of the party leadership kinda sorta and for Freedumb!

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    They’re dumbfounded because he’s the one doing it and not them.

    Republicans have had a long history of stone-walling Democrats and outright working against them in spite. Nothing new, people.