I don't always agree with Rick Wilson

1/ I'll summarize this for the slow learners in the Senate one last time.

Your protestations of independence, integrity, and honor will mean nothing to the voters this Fall. Nothing.

You're going to moo and walk into the chute like cattle, terrified of Trump and Mitch.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

But when I do.... (and apologies in advance: Twitter has changed so now I can't remove "parent tweets")

2/ So when you're underwater in the polls, drowning in public anger at becoming accessories to Trump's coverup, here's a handy list of what went wrong. Clip-and-save, because you'll need it later.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

3/ WHAT WENT WRONG, A PARTIAL LIST:

A. The facts of Ukraine will never, ever get better for Trump. You know this.

B. Truth outs. Bolton's book hits. Documents leak. More people come forth.

C. *TRUMP* admits it. You know he will.

D. The polls are not going your way.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

4/ D (cont). Two-thirds of the American people want to see evidence and witnesses. Support for impeachment is steady.

E. The McConnell strategy looks great in the short term as a DC-clever-process story in a few months looks like a massive coverup.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

I interrupt to note that White House Counsel is opening his argument to the Senate by talking about process: the "fairness" of the Senate trial, the "unfairness" of the House hearings. If you're talking about process, you're losing. If all you can talk about is process, why do you proclaim your innocence?

5/ F. The locked-room, one-camera, dead-of-night game YOU voted for looks more and more like the work of co-conspirators, not judges.

G. Trump won't help you later. His loyalty is to himself. If you're in trouble *even for helping him* you're dead meat.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

6/ H. Even if he *does* help you, does it *help* you? Trump rally fever plays only to the reddest red audiences. You know, like Maine and AZ...oh. Wait.

I. Mitch only has so much money to spread around. Sure, in January he's saying, "I got you" but does he have *enough*?

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

7/ J. Even *Mitch* will flip if the majority is in danger, and how are you gonna walk that back? You won't get a second chance to be strong and do the right thing. You won't get another moment to show you give a damn about something bigger than Trump's rage.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

8/ K. Voters hate corruption (cf, 1974, 1980, 1994, 2006) as just a few examples in recent memory) and they hate its enablers more. It reinforces their existing feelings about politics and politicians.

L. Trump gets passes you never, ever will.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

9/ M. "I voted against witnesses and evidence and covered up Trump's crimes of obstruction, lying, and abuse of power so he wouldn't tweet mean things about me." is a shit political obituary. So is, "I didn't want a primary."

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020

10/ N. Everything Trump Touches Dies.

Proceed accordingly.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020