But when I do.... (and apologies in advance: Twitter has changed so now I can't remove "parent tweets")1/ I'll summarize this for the slow learners in the Senate one last time.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020
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.
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:— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020
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.
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?4/ D (cont). Two-thirds of the American people want to see evidence and witnesses. Support for impeachment is steady.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020
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.
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.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020
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.
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.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020
I. Mitch only has so much money to spread around. Sure, in January he's saying, "I got you" but does he have *enough*?
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.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020
L. Trump gets passes you never, ever will.
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.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 21, 2020
Proceed accordingly.
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