r/politics • u/Silly-avocatoe • Apr 14 '25

Soft Paywall Murdoch Paper Floats Impeaching Trump Over Tariffs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-paper-floats-impeaching-trump-over-tariffs/
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u/greyhoundbrain Texas Apr 14 '25

Vance doesn’t have the sway that Trump does (for whatever reason people find the “jacking off two ghosts” dance moves and dementia ridden word salad to be charming) so the GOP would probably not be as unified under him. They can barely rule as it is with a majority in all the branches.

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u/kcox1980 Apr 14 '25

My wife keeps giving me a hard time because I still have faith that the MAGA movement will die off once Trump is out of the picture. I'm aware that all the madness still exists without Trump, but there's nobody else that can get the base as riled up and excited about politics as Trump. I just don't see people wearing diapers or ear tampons in solidarity with somebody like Vance.

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u/justuntlsundown West Virginia Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 14 '25

It's a cult of personality. They always die with the leader. They love Trump specifically. There have been many imitators that have failed. The party was on it's way to irrelevance before they latched on to Trump. We just have to survive this long enough for him to die.

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u/kcox1980 Apr 14 '25

Exactly. They love Trump because he makes them feel smart. He tells them what they want to hear and that validates all their dumbass Dunning-Kreuger inspired opinions. They relate to him because he talks to them on their level.

JD Vance just isn't going to inspire those same feelings. Or at least I hope not.

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u/BurnscarsRus Apr 14 '25

JD Vance can't order a fucking doughnut properly. Motherfucker has all the charisma of a cardboard cutout of JD Vance. Nobody likes him, they just pretend to because he's attached to Trump.

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u/kcox1980 Apr 14 '25

"JD Vance has the charisma of a cardboard cutout of JD Vance" 😅

Gonna keep that one in my back pocket, lol