Looking back at the RNC there were none of the Rinos there. It's as if the RNC was a changing of the gaurd. I've said in the past that after leaving the WH Trump should start a third party. But now I don't believe that, as he's simply moulded the Rep party into one that anyone, including independents can be a part of.
I believe from now on, Rinos will no longer be welcome, and the few that are still there won't get a seat at the table, and get to set the agenda. This will mean no new never ending wars and jobs being shipped overseas.
Just wondering in the future, could Trump be RNC Chair or some other influential position within the party to keep it honest?
If we win big in November and continue to deport RINO's, yes, I think we'll have a new party that will be filled with patriots who love their Country, love our culture, judge people on their character and want to teach people how to fish.
Definitely we need a 2nd Trump term, and then another 2 term based president. Maybe after that we will have made a lasting change in the party.
They are no longer a concern.
They are on borrowed time and they know this. Paul Ryan is gone, John McCain is dead, and Mitt Romney will never serve another term in office after his political suicide during the impeachment hearing.
The Bush Republicans (RINOs) tried to gain back some semblance of power by setting up a “Party-in-Exile” in the form of the Lincoln Project, but it was a weak attempt at best. They will never gain back power in the RNC, they might as well join the Democrats.
Tarred and feathered.
Trump has changed the Republican party forever. The establishment will never again force the likes of McCain, Romney, Jeb bush down our throats. We made that clear in the 2016 primary. The 'never Trump' movement is the death rattle of the old Republican guard desperate to be relevant again.
The far left has taken over the Democrat Party and purged the centrists. I think a more likely scenario is that a 3rd party will emerge made up of centrist Democrats and RINO Republicans.
They tried to set up a pathetic “Party/Government in Exile” in the form of the Lincoln project, but it was laughable how sad that attempt was.
Your right in that for all intents and purposes, the Bush Republicans / Neocons / RINOs died the moment Jeb Bush dropped out in the face of overwhelming Trump support. Despite having the most funding, and despite having initial support from the Republican Establishment, Jeb got BTFOd.
The remaining RINOs are on borrowed time, and they know this. Especially the ones that failed to hide their treason like Romney.
We will never see another Romney/Ryan-esque ticket again.
The Big Tent is definitely bigger than ever before. Beware the RINOs. They are lurking and waiting to seize back power. Never accept a RINO again.
Naw, make Trump news to replace Fox.
It's funny because Antfia / Leftists Marxists / etc, are really sad they can't just coopt the Democrats like that.
They want a "mainstream party" but instead only decry that they hate the two party system and just wanna burn down the country instead since they can't attempt to fail at another socialist utopia.
I think he is trying his best to reform the GOP into something new but once he is gone I believe it will go back to war mongering status quo uniparty RINOs.
Now would be the best time for Trump to establish a new party though to encompass everyone like you are suggesting. I think it would be great especially if he called it the American party.
The President is ostensibly the head of a political party (or Presidential Candidate if the party is not in power). That means Trump already is, from a point of tradition and role, the head of the RNC. Yes there's a Chairman (woman currently) but that's supposed to be a position of implementing the marching orders given by the figurehead Trump.
The problem is that in any organization--regardless of the official legal structure--there is a dark smoky room somewhere filled with rich old white guys that actually call the shots. This is true for both the DNC and the RNC. They control the money, and it's ultimately the money that controls everything else.
Trump is a disruptive influence. You know that surely one or more of those men in the dark smoky room work for the pharmaceutical industry, for example, and they are definitely not happy Trump is taking them on.
Despite being the "leader" of the Republican Party, Trump has faced resistance and outright disobedience by the people who should be supporting him no matter what. (Their slogan during the Bush years, "my President, right or wrong")
So no I don't think Trump can ever truly lead the RNC. I think he used the RNC to get elected because he knew third-party candidates don't stand a chance against the duopoly that exists. And Trump can't really take a hard line and demand the RNC kick people out because they will surely defect to the Dems out of spite.
If Trump does the same amazing job for the next four years, then he can use that success to force a purity test that cleans house, or possibly start a new political party and hand-select the candidate to run against whoever the DNC and RNC put forward. That's when it would happen if it is ever going to happen: in 2024.
Uniparty is real. It and it’s corporate cronies will do everything they can to take back power.
No Republican politicians are doing what they do best, being fake politicians, without Trump we would be right back at the same old bullshit.
Rush mentioned this a few days ago. The party we saw at the White House last week is very different from the party we saw four years ago.
The world is ready for a major political realignment, and I think it's happening. Hopefully the process completes.
The problem was that the left abandoned individualism and the right forgot how to articulate conservatism without resorting to religion and "we said so."
Trump comes along and is the wrench in the broken system. He shocks the right into grappling with their issues, and provokes the left into letting their mask slip.
Next, a few things need to happen.
One, the left needs to be humiliated and scattered to the winds. Then they can reform with real ideas.
Two, when Trump finally leaves office, he needs to be immediately followed by a new sort of conservative. Not like the old, but not the same as Trump. Someone who represents a more sober development of the right following Trump's passionate reconstruction. We'll need continuity of principles while showing that personality and attitude can change to suit the times.
It’s a loose coalition but without a strong leader there’s infighting and personalities. We just had to find the strongest lion in the pride - should we fail him, we are food for the hyenas.
Radical libtards also transformed their party into a shitshow. Is a combination of factors.
to a point, you still have the RINO's there, eg. that tosser Lindsay, who's side do you think he is on?
the problem is the voters are told to vote straight red, yet half the candidates are RINO's or worse.
If Trump could start a new party, attracting only Trump minded candidates, it would solve this problem.
I'm always reminded the last guy to try this for the same reasons was Ross Perot.
but Ross Perot was no Donald Trump. I think if anyone could start a third party, it is Trump.
True, however, at the time, he was just as successful, he just did not have the flamboyant charm of Trump.
My only regret for voting Perot was that it let the Clintons come to Washington