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Summary

Republicans face rising fears of a 2026 midterms backlash after defeats in key races, with some blaming Trump’s tariffs and Elon Musk’s influence.

Trump announced sweeping new trade levies Wednesday, alarming GOP strategists who warn of higher prices and economic risks.

Vulnerable Republicans urge a return to economic messaging, citing concerns the party is overreaching. Democrats are leveraging Musk’s unpopularity, linking him to GOP policies.

The GOP remains divided over how to respond.

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[–] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago

Well, you greedy fucks thought you could control a "celebrity," and push your Neo Feudalist agenda.

You didn't count on him being the most psycho narcissist you'd ever met, did you?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Well, it's not like the Democrats are going to take advantage of it or anything. They probably shouldn't worry about that, maybe they should worry more about being hauled out of their beds and dragged through the streets naked. That's a lot more likely.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 hours ago

If they actually cared they do have the power to stop Trump.

Don't worry though, if people are even allowed to vote in 2016 Republican voters wil have long forgotten by then what it was like to have rights and be able to afford groceries, and will be happy to vote to let the leopards eat the faces of the next outgroup in line.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 19 points 13 hours ago

They should be worried, everything is stacking up to be a classic mid-term bloodbath, just like 2010.

And that is exactly why there will either be a heavily and obviously rigged election, or HitlerPig will impose Martial Law over some False Flag operation (probably ferocious violence against peaceful protesters), and suspend all elections until peace is restored, which will never happen because he controls the peace.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

They should be concerned about being hung for treason if they keep supporting a coup.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Point to a second Republican that has actually been punished for their criminal misconduct.

Is Matt Gaetz in jail yet? Did Dick Cheney spend any time behind bars? What about Richard Nixon?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I don't think the justice system will do anything.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They should be more worried about trump making being a congressman or judge a powerless position. There are so many executive actions going against law and it keeps increasing.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 8 points 14 hours ago

Illegal Executive Orders are still illegal, and obeying them is illegal.

[–] gargolito@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Sure,like they haven't compromised every single board of elections to never lose an election.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 44 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If I believed that, they'd stop doing stupid shit.

Since they aren't, I don't believe they are worried in thetvemidhdjdm

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 35 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Never seen someone give up on the last sentence they were writing like that

[–] Mister_Hangman@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think he just stroked out

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 26 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Actually I was dosing off. I had thought I wrote "in the slightest" but I remember it being real blurry before I hit enter.

I'm leaving it because I'm laughing my ass off about how it turned out

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Been there, my friend!

[–] fake_meows@lemm.ee 15 points 19 hours ago

Drink a covfefe.

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

I do all the time on phone keyboards

[–] dota__2@lemmy.world 109 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

this is all song and dance. trust nothing that is said that remotely sounds good for their opposition.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 70 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly.

I remember Mitch saying that the reason he voted against the second impeachment was that he felt Trump's Jan 6 crimes would be better adjucated in criminal court. And before that, I remember Linsday saying that if Trump wins the GOP nomination in 2016, the GOP will get "destroyed.... and we'll deserve it".

Never underestimate the ability of Republican voters to enthusiastically vote against their interests....

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 24 points 21 hours ago

Trump's Jan 6 crimes would be better adjucated in criminal court

As soon as he said that, I knew they'd never hold him accountable. Because I knew they'd immediately move to "Congress didn't convict him so there's nothing to see here", "if we have to go to court, let's bring in every stalling tactic possible" followed by "why are you investigating such an old event". I hate the Republicans.

[–] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Yeah, I don't buy anything about how the public is leaning anymore. I assume everyone is conservative and will continue to vote conservative in every election until I see any evidence otherwise.

After the 2024 election, the public can't be trusted and the media absolutely cannot be, in regards to elections especially.

[–] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 19 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Until Republican lawmakers change their voting patterns, these articles mean nothing and IMO are poor journalism. Lawmakers can say anything about their reelection worries and polls almost always show swings in the opposite direction after elections.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 42 points 23 hours ago (6 children)

I've been hoping for a MAGoo/GOP war since 2015.

otoh, if DOGE really manages to mess up Social Security payments, there's no way the GOP can recover.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

otoh, if DOGE really manages to mess up Social Security payments, there’s no way the GOP can recover.

Republicans straight up nuked the economy in 2008 and they were back in the Congressional Majority two years later. Same thing happened in 2020.

Gerrymandering makes many of these maps mathematically unwinnable for Democrats

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

Big difference between ruining the Wall Street types and taking money out of someone's pocket.

Social Security has never missed any payments in 80 years. It's the difference between milk going up a dollar and you not getting your paycheck.

[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Im not so sure it'd be that easy. The conservative media cesspool is closed loop. They will lie and blame the Dems for not making it break proof or some other BS and the sheep will eat it up.

We will need Dems to go onto the shows and blast the message day and night that it's broken bc GOP allowed I lt it be broken by an illegal imagrant.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 hours ago

Our hope now is in the leopards

[–] mynamesnotrick@lemmy.zip 17 points 22 hours ago

I wouldn't go that far. The maga Republicans are obviously so easily manipulated without a shred of critical thought left that they will do whatever their overlords want of them.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I get what you’re saying, but I am also extremely aware of how fucking stupid the American electorate is, up to and including having all government support taken away and responding with “thank you sir, may I have another”. American conservatives are deeply stupid.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Didn't forget the Democrats strong suit is striking out at tee ball. It should be easy to capitalize on this, but I just know they'll totally fuck it up.

[–] KillerTofu@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

And on purpose. They aren’t a leftist party.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

Snatching Defeat from the jaws of Victory is the Democratic brand. See 2000, 2004, 2016, 2020.

Oh yeah, absolutely.

Also, I’m totally stealing “striking out at tee ball” lmao

[–] Omega_Man@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

If they're willing to brazenly attack Social Security, maybe they don't care about elections anymore.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

That's the issue. If they really start screwing with SS payments, it means that they are confident that they have control of future elections. Then the only question will be if they do it softly, and rig the elections and claim they are 100% fair and square (which the Dems will support, like 2020), or if they decide to go full on Nazi, and cancel elections altogether, then enthusiastically and ruthlessly murder anyone who dares to question it.

Looking at the players, like Pukin, Skum, Kapo Stephen "PeeWee Himmler" Miller, Steve "Unwiped Asshole" Bannon, et al, my bet is that they'll go for the full on Nazi dictatorship. They aren't building a 30K capacity concentration camp in Guantanamo for giggles.

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[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 31 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Fucking traitors should be nervous about much more than that.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

That reminds me, I need to sharpen my guillotine.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago

What are they afraid of? Trump has fucked the trans gendered, illegal aliens, brown Americans and residents, old Americans, poor Americans and now he really taking it to the penguins of uninhabited islands. Thats what I call winning baby!

[–] bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml 15 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

3 months in and they are worried about 2y down the road. Oof

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

You say 2 years, but the election is 19 months away and early campaigns will start in 8. Shit, we'll probably see the first early messaging by the end of summer. So it's no stretch to believe that some candidates for target races are being vetted already. And that means anger now makes a difference.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago

In the Summer of 2026, the protests over MULTIPLE outrages, by multiple demographic groups, will be happening all over the nation. HitlerPig will encourage his RedHats to incite violence, and then send in his Einsatsgruppen to quell the violence with even more ferocious violence.

By the end of the Summer, his deliberate violence will serve as justification for imposing Martial Law, and suspend all elections until peace is restored, which will never happen, since he controls the peace.

He has to time it properly so that the courts won't have the opportunity to respond before Election Day. Once that day has passed without an election for the first time in American history (even during the Civil War), American Democracy is ended, and we are officially a MAGA dictatorship.

Then it's Go Time.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Campaign ads have already started for the Senate race in my state.

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[–] mynamesnotrick@lemmy.zip 13 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I'll celebrate once it comes to past.

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Piece of cake. Just make it a illegal to vote for anyone but Republicans.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm reading that in a positive light: abolish political parties (i.e. no more magic 'R' for the mouth-breathers to look for).

Everyone (sane, insane, benevolent, evil, corrupt, etc) runs as Republican. Nice little loophole.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You mad bastard, that's twisted genius!

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 9 points 22 hours ago

Turnabout's fair play 🤷‍♂️ My state-level politicians have been running as Democrats and then switching parties after they're elected. 😠

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[–] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

No they aren’t. They have cheated and gerrymandered their way into tenured positions, the only way out is them dying or retiring.

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