Never enough.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Most of these jagoffs bent the knee during his first presidency. Seeing Pat Toomey on this list boils my blood, because that festering shitbag was fully latched onto Trump’s cheesy nutsack until he retired and tried to rediscover his humanity. Fuck that guy, he was a shitty Senator and a shitty person.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    “Former” officials don’t count. The list of Republicans who aren’t morally bankrupt cowards and are willing to oppose him as current officials is a Hell of a lot shorter:

    U.S. senators

    • Bill Cassidy, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (2015–present), U.S. Representative from LA-06 (2009–2015)[42]
    • Susan Collins, U.S. Senator from Maine (1997–present) (endorsed Nikki Haley)[43]
    • Jerry Moran, U.S. Senator from Kansas (2011–present), U.S. Representative from KS-01 (1997–2011)[44]
    • Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator from Alaska (2002–present) (endorsed Nikki Haley)[45]
    • Mitt Romney, U.S. Senator from Utah (2019–present), 2012 nominee for president, Chair of the Republican Governors Association (2005–2006), Governor of Massachusetts (2003–2007)[46] (will not vote for Trump in general election)[47]
    • Todd Young, U.S. Senator from Indiana (2017–present), U.S. Representative from IN-09 (2011–2017)[48]

    U.S. representatives

    • David Joyce, U.S. Representative from OH-14 (2013–present)[60]
    • Thomas Massie, U.S. Representative from KY-04 (2012–present) (endorsed Ron DeSantis)[61]
    • Greg Pence, U.S. Representative from IN-06 (2019–present) (endorsed Mike Pence, his brother)[62]
    • David Valadao, U.S. Representative from CA-22 (2023–present), U.S. Representative from CA-21 (2013–2019, 2021–2023)[63] (will not vote for Trump in general election)

    Governors

    • Eric Holcomb, Governor of Indiana (2017–present), Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (2016–2017) (endorsed Mike Pence)[91]
    • Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont (2017–present), Lieutenant Governor of Vermont (2011–2017) (endorsed Nikki Haley)[92]

    Other statewide elected officials

    • John Dougall, Auditor of Utah (2013–present), Utah State Representative from District 27 (2003–2013) (endorsed Ron DeSantis)[114]
    • Jeanette Nuñez, Lieutenant Governor of Florida (2019–present) (endorsed Ron DeSantis)[115]
    • Roby Smith, Treasurer of Iowa (2023–present) (endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy)[116]

    (I’m using “who aren’t morally bankrupt” very loosely, by the way, because some of the officials in this list endorsed shitstains like DeSantis who are hardly any better than Trump.)

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Probably for quite a while if you gave up being a Republican, too. Unfortunately for them, by nature, Republicans are too tribal to ever consider that.