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The president has a mob of violent supporters, and Congress is terrified for their lives to take a stand against the president. When Republicans in congress hav
by _yb2s 1y ago
The president has a mob of violent supporters, and Congress is terrified for their lives to take a stand against the president. When Republicans in congress have gone against Trump even in the smallest way, all he has to do is tweet something negative about them, and they are inundated with hundreds of death threats against their families [1]. Unless they can coordinate enough to rebel all together with loyalists somehow not finding out first, taking a stand would be suicide.
As a much lesser, but still serious point- Trump individually has so much power within the party he can get anyone removed from the party itself with a word, and effectively take away all of their campaign funding. He personally decides who is allowed to run or not run for office in the Republican party.
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/republicans-trump-threats https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/republicans-...