Posted on 01/12/2021 6:43:09 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton, a prominent NeoCon who became a harsh critic of President Trump after leaving his administration, has called on the GOP to purge the “taint” of Trumpism from the party.
“There has to be a serious conversation in the Republican Party about how to remove the taint of what Trump has done, how to repair the damage,” he said during an interview with MSNBC’s Katy Tur. “And while I think the damage is considerable, I think it can be repaired, and it should be repaired. And it should be — from the purely limited perspective of the party, it should be the highest priority going forward.”
To accomplish this goal, Bolton called on the Republican Party’s establishment to exercise more control over the candidate nomination process, ensuring the candidate ultimately nominated has “real character” and “a real philosophy, as opposed to people like Donald Trump.”
Bolton’s suggestion that the Republican Party should nominate candidates that hold ideological views counter to President Trump is interesting given almost 72 percent of Republican voters believe the party should be more like Trump as opposed to the average Republican member of Congress.
Despite President Trump having won more votes than any Republican presidential candidate in history, Bolton argued Trump’s presidency was “an aberration in American politics” and suggested those Republicans who objected to the certification of the Electoral College “should be held accountable.”
“I think individual Republicans are going to have to make decisions whether they support individuals who have participated in this effort to stop the election from being certified. And I think there’s a lot that remains to be seen from their behavior,” he declared.
Trump recently criticized Bolton on Twitter after Bolton highlighted media reports claiming Trump was considering a declaration of martial law to stay in office, calling Bolton “one of the dumbest people in Washington.”
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Uh, purge Trump, purge me.
If Trump forms a MAGA Party the RINO Party will cease to exist.
Amen to that. I’m ready to join the MAGA Party.
The Bush Leaguers want their party back, I say we give it to them, see how many elections they win without voters.
GOP - RIP
How heavy did this poll oversample Dems?
I’d say it was 100% of Republican voters in 2020 supported Donald Trump
More votes than anyone in history
Liz Cheney, Mitt, McConnell et al didn’t vote for Trump/Republican last year. Their words and actions make it clear
I will vote for a Democrat over any non-Trump Republican.
When Bolton says “taint”, he means us Trump supporters.
They really think it will be that easy.
What further proof do we need that the GOP is not our friend, and doesn’t have our best interests at hand? They don’t get it. They don’t want to get it. The only way to get rid of the current Republican Party is to leave it, and set up a true Conservative Party that represents actual Conservative values. The GOP will never be like that. They don’t want to be like that. They want us to accept the status quo, and we are failing ourselves, and our values, if we go along with it.
The GOP and the Democrats seem to really want to see a third party formed. That would benefit the Democrats and the Republicans are too stupid to figure it out. Emigration is looking better all the time.
Over half the House republicans voted with Trump on objecting to the electoral votes.
So I have every hope that the House republicans will become more supportive of Trump and conservatives over time.
The Senate is a problem. We couldn’t get them to object to more than just the two states and only a small fraction voted for the objections.
GOP is the modern Whig Party.
I agree and hope it happens.
Sorry, John, but Trump wouldn’t do more wars for your pet project. Maybe Biden/Harris will. Then again, maybe this thing is going to divide like it should, and neither side will have the desire or resources for neocon games.
I don’t think I’ve seen so much comical irony posted on FR in years ...
1. The asshole who personifies the war-mongering globalism of the GOP-DC swamp ....
2. ... and thoroughly discredited the entire GOP during the Bush administration ...
3. ... and did more to pave Donald Trump’s path to wreck the GOP establishment in 2016 ...
4. ... goes on MSNBC (MSNBC!!!!) to pontificate about the damage Trump has done to the GOP and this country?
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The GOP will never be like that.
They don’t want to be like that.
They want us to accept the status quo, and we are failing ourselves, and our values, if we go along with it.
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Bears repeating for the GOP uber alles fluffers around here.
There ya go.
Exactly the number one guy that Cocaine Mitch wants on his side right now. /S
I hope it all goes totally all to hsit for all of the Uniparty and the media and Trump comes out like a boss and takes one of those Senate seats opening up in 2022, then runs again in 2024 with Kristi Noem as his VP.
They’re not fit to shine Trump’s shoes.
EVERY GOP Senator went along with Mike Lee’s Indian Importation bill.
NONE of them are on our side.
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