"Stop!" cried the GOP senators. "It will look like you took revenge!"— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 9, 2020
"But that's the whole point!" Trump replied. "To show that I'm willing to take revenge against anyone who exposes my corruption!"
The senators accepted defeat. They'd tried their best!https://t.co/F6D6rFWcGn
And then there are the supporters and sycophants:Remember when Republicans were OUTRAGED over the suggestion that there would be retribution for senators who voted wrong? https://t.co/BUBopAxnS7— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) February 7, 2020
What's interesting here is the suggestion that literally the only thing that determines whether you're a Republican is loyalty to Trump. Your views on a whole range of other matters and issues have no relevance whatsoever, even if you agree with Trump on many of them! https://t.co/ZUOCfXh7Pp— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 7, 2020
One met with Russians to get dirt on an American citizen, the other still carries shrapnel from defending his country. https://t.co/Rs7Um6vlXU— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) February 7, 2020
Can you do sanctimonious tool for us tomorrow? https://t.co/tzo1hhBfmk— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) February 8, 2020
Trump's entire leadership is based on dominance and humiliation. They have demonstrated their subservience by failing to exercise any of their power against him. Then they go grovelling to ask for something. He reinforces his dominance by saying no and humiliating them once again. What did they expect? They really are useless.
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking quite a bit about humiliation and humility. One is the way of power, and the other is the way of no power.