For those in the CPAC Universe, nothing will probably convince you that Trump lost the election (or that the moon landing wasn’t faked or that George Soros isn’t controlling the weather - but I digress).
But here is some attempted cult de-programming, anyway ... #EarthToCPAC
Trump didn’t just lose AZ, GA, MI, PA and WI in 2020 after winning them in 2016. Trump’s entire PARTY got wiped out in these and other states in the four years Trump was in office.
Trump lost more jobs in a single term than any President since Herbert Hoover and was the least popular President in the history of modern polling. #TrumpSOTU
Since CPAC 2017, four years ago, the Republican Party has lost:
2 US Senate seats in Arizona
2 US Senate seats in Georgia
1 US Senate seat in Nevada
1 US Senate seat in Colorado
Since CPAC 2017, Trump's Party has lost:
The Governorships of Nevada, New Mexico, Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey and Maine.
It doesn't do anybody any good for their elected officials to pretend to be conservative if they're also incompetent or, maybe even worse, have no interest in actually doing the job.
I have buddies who love certain politicians b/c they see them perform on Fox News giving rousing monologues about their supposed conservative vision for America. People born to talk paired with journalist hacks who won’t ask serious questions.
They don’t get why I’m not a fan.
I try to point out the following:
1) Talking isn’t leading. Being a good talker doesn’t mean that you know what you’re talking about. Commentary is not the same as competence.
Elections today are often ideological beauty contests. Not enough people ask “can they do the job?”
The argument that it is unconstitutional to impeach a former President is ridiculous.
First, the Constitution does not say that it is. What it does say is that the penalty for conviction can’t be more than removal from office and being barred from holding office again.
Secondly, even if it were true that there was a Statute of Limitations for impeachment that somehow ends when the President leaves office, Trump WAS impeached before he left office. The resulting trial is occurring after he left. But the impeachment (indictment) happened before.
An impeachment is akin to an indictment although one where the person being impeached, if convicted, will have penalties not worse than being removed from office and barred from holding office again. The Senate trial is like a trial that results from an indictment.
If you listen to the pundits, you’d think that the @HouseGOP did very well during the 2020 elections.
That’s not quite true.
Here’s what actually happened.
The only state in the country where the GOP had a net gain in House seats since Trump took office in 2017 is Minnesota. The party gained one seat there in 2020.
In the following states, the GOP gained seats in 2020 - but - only gained the same number of seats that it lost in 2018:
Florida
(Lost 2 seats in 2018, gained 2 seats in 2020)
Iowa
(Lost 2 seats in 2018, gained 2 seats in 2020)