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Originally Posted by stinkubus
If he does anything of the sort the deplorable base turns on him and there's a non-zero chance he spends the rest of his life in prison.
I suppose a future R President could make himself a folk hero with a pardon, but there's no way he hasn't made enemies in the social circles those people would be drawn from.
A couple things:
1) Your base deplorable hates Republicans just slightly less than Democrats. I think Deplorable racial gruevance is MUCH stronger than their disdain for Democrats. Just avoid wearing a BLM tie.
2) Republican Party of now can be summed up as whatever Trump says, goes. All he has to say is, “I’ve been with these Republican Senators behind closed doors. Truly bad people. They want to gut your healthcare and give tax breaks to the ultrawealthy. They talk down about you people constantly. I won’t say who yet, but I might. I just might”
The mere threat of Trump getting the Republican base to turn against Senators up in 2020 gets them more in line with whatever pseudo-populist manuevering he has in mind