Donald Trump isn't hiding the fact that a second term in office will be all about revenge and retribution, and now Republicans are worried that they will be the ones that he targets. They seemed fine with his promises that he will "be their retribution" when they thought he was going after Democrats, but now they are running scared that they will get caught up in the crosshairs. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.
Link - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/06/trump-revenge-republicans/
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Republicans have been all in for Donald Trump's basically telling us for the most part that he is going to, if he gets a second term, just do revenge the whole time. He has sent out emails to his supporters with the headline that says, I am your retribution. He has promised investigations of his rivals. He has promised to go hard against them, to punish them. And Republicans have been all in on it like, hell yeah, let's do this. But according to a new report from the Washington Post this week, now, some of those Republicans are starting to have second thoughts because they're realizing that when Trump says he's gonna punish those people, that they themselves are also considered in Trump's eyes. Those people, let me read you this from the Washington Post. The former president has threatened to have donors to his Republican opponent. Nikki Haley permanently barred from his orbit.
A top advisor has vowed to destroy the career of Representative Bob Good House Freedom Caucus Chairman after he endorsed another Trump challenger. Ron DeSantis. The Trump campaign has also attempted to condemn former aides who worked for his rivals during the GOP nomination fight and have twisted arms demanding endorsements, telling lawmakers that Trump will remember exactly when they backed him. Even New House speaker Mike Johnson has been dragged into the crossfire. One of his top political consultants, Jason, uh, Abert, works for Axiom Strategies, a consulting company that advised the DeSantis presidential effort, a Trump advisor called Johnson after he won the speakership to warn him not to work with Axiom. According to multiple people familiar with the call Trump's top advisors say the efforts to, uh, punish within the party are not a central part of their strategy and come close to Trump, uh, to point out that the former president can be quick to forgive when it is in his interest.
Trump has long distinguished himself as both surprisingly vicious and disarmingly transactional, often willing to forgive intractable enmity for short-term game, uh, gain, excuse me. But then some allies have kept lists of Republicans who have been critical of Trump in a bid to block them from getting jobs in a second term according to a person with knowledge of the list. You have a lot of people who want to come back in, but we remember what people have said in the past. One long time Trump Ally said, and then it gets even better. Trump has told advisors that he wants to make sure DeSantis is not the GOP presidential nominee in 2028, and that he wants to make his 2024 lost. Painful people who heard his comments said he has floated, attacking lesser known senators for not immediately endorsing him according to people who have spoken to Trump. So is not just Democrats, right? Like I can you breathe a little easier knowing that if Trump gets back into office, he's not just coming after me and, and people like me. Uh, there's gonna be some Republicans in there too, and honestly, they're probably gonna get it a little worse.
But this is what happens. This, this is the cautionary tale. Like y'all didn't read Frankenstein when you were younger or ever, and now it's coming back to bite you. 'cause you made this monster, and now the monster's free, and the monster's causing all kinds of craziness. And the public is like, Hey, you've unleashed this monster.
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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
Republicans have been all in for Donald Trump's basically telling us for the most part that he is going to, if he gets a second term, just do revenge the whole time. He has sent out emails to his supporters with the headline that says, I am your retribution. He has promised investigations of his rivals. He has promised to go hard against them, to punish them. And Republicans have been all in on it like, hell yeah, let's do this. But according to a new report from the Washington Post this week, now, some of those Republicans are starting to have second thoughts because they're realizing that when Trump says he's gonna punish those people, that they themselves are also considered in Trump's eyes. Those people, let me read you this from the Washington Post. The former president has threatened to have donors to his Republican opponent. Nikki Haley permanently barred from his orbit.
A top advisor has vowed to destroy the career of Representative Bob Good House Freedom Caucus Chairman after he endorsed another Trump challenger. Ron DeSantis. The Trump campaign has also attempted to condemn former aides who worked for his rivals during the GOP nomination fight and have twisted arms demanding endorsements, telling lawmakers that Trump will remember exactly when they backed him. Even New House speaker Mike Johnson has been dragged into the crossfire. One of his top political consultants, Jason, uh, Abert, works for Axiom Strategies, a consulting company that advised the DeSantis presidential effort, a Trump advisor called Johnson after he won the speakership to warn him not to work with Axiom. According to multiple people familiar with the call Trump's top advisors say the efforts to, uh, punish within the party are not a central part of their strategy and come close to Trump, uh, to point out that the former president can be quick to forgive when it is in his interest.
Trump has long distinguished himself as both surprisingly vicious and disarmingly transactional, often willing to forgive intractable enmity for short-term game, uh, gain, excuse me. But then some allies have kept lists of Republicans who have been critical of Trump in a bid to block them from getting jobs in a second term according to a person with knowledge of the list. You have a lot of people who want to come back in, but we remember what people have said in the past. One long time Trump Ally said, and then it gets even better. Trump has told advisors that he wants to make sure DeSantis is not the GOP presidential nominee in 2028, and that he wants to make his 2024 lost. Painful people who heard his comments said he has floated, attacking lesser known senators for not immediately endorsing him according to people who have spoken to Trump. So is not just Democrats, right? Like I can you breathe a little easier knowing that if Trump gets back into office, he's not just coming after me and, and people like me. Uh, there's gonna be some Republicans in there too, and honestly, they're probably gonna get it a little worse.
But this is what happens. This, this is the cautionary tale. Like y'all didn't read Frankenstein when you were younger or ever, and now it's coming back to bite you. 'cause you made this monster, and now the monster's free, and the monster's causing all kinds of craziness. And the public is like, Hey, you've unleashed this monster.
