Two big-money donors who have given or raised tens of thousands of dollars for Donald Trump are livid at the Republican presidential nominee and are asking for their money back, according to a bundler who raised money for Trump. "I cannot express my disappointment enough regarding the recent events surrounding Mr. Trump," one donor wrote to a Trump fundraiser in an email with the subject line "Trump support withdrawal."Disgust with Trump is really starting to show up in the polling. Nate Silver's 538 site now has Arizona in Hillary's column and a tightening race in Georgia. Plus, a new poll has Hillary tied with Trump in Utah, and another poll gives HRC a nine-point lead in Ohio.
But some members of the GOP are still having difficulty breaking away from Donald. James Hohmann of the Washington Post has a great piece today on Republicans who just can't quit Trump despite efforts to do so:
It has truly been a surreal cycle to watch. Many Republican elected officials are personally outraged and ashamed by something their party’s nominee says or does. So they distance themselves. But as soon as they face a whiff of blowback from some in the party, they cave and fall back in line. Then they offer up excuses and rationalizations, twisting themselves into pretzels to justify voting for a guy who some will tell you privately is a danger to the Republic. It’s happened over and over again now, and it validates what Trump himself said during the primaries: Many politicians are indeed craven and interested mainly in maintaining power for themselves, principles be damned.Obama responded yesterday to Republicans who are trying to distance themselves from The Donald. “You can’t have it both ways here," the President said. "You can’t repeatedly denounce what is said by someone and then say, ‘But I’m still gonna endorse them to be the most powerful person on the planet’ and to put them in charge.”
How is TrumpCo responding to all of this? Well, one of Donald's surrogates -- conspiracy-monger Alex Jones -- will give $1000 to anyone who appears on local or national television wearing a Bill Clinton Rape Tee-Shirt and $5000 to anyone who can be vocally heard saying “Bill Clinton is a rapist” on television while wearing the shirt or displaying similar imagery. It is just a matter of time, I think, before we start seeing some pretty intense violence break out at a campaign event this cycle. Thanks a lot, Donald.
Finally, I'm trying to come up with some names for the political party Trump and Breitbart are certain to form after losing the election. Here's what I have so far: the Deploricans, the Pussy Rioters, the TNP (Trump Nationalist Party), the KKK (why not?), the PGD (Pussy-Grabbing Deplorables), the Lurkers, the TPC (Trump-Putin Coalition), the Pussy-Footers, and the Hay Pissers. Feel free to chime in on this.
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What continues to amaze me is this: Bill Clinton left office with a 65% approval rating and yet the Trump campaign has laid it all on the line to attack Bill Clinton, a guy who is not running for president, and who is exceedingly popular. It's even dumber than attacking Barack Obama right now. I have a running debate with myself about whether they are stupid enough to think this can actually work, or whether they do not want it to work. As you and I have discussed, I actually think that any notion of Trump is some kind of evil genius is really overplayed. On the contrary, there is quite a bit of evidence that he's actually a huge fucking moron. I am starting to lean towards "they actually think this can work."
I think what is going on here is that Trump and Breitbart know this is a lost cause and are now acting like the proverbial goat who couldn't finish the entire bale of hay so he pisses all over it to ruin the remainder of bale for everyone. TrumpCo wants to cause as much damage as possible on its way out the door, not only to use the chaos to launch its Alt-Right White Nationalist Party, but because Trump and his basket of deplorables hate this country and want to damage it.
That said, I do think there is some folks within the Trump Camp who think this is winnable. Trump himself seems entranced by the size of the crowds at his rallies, and continues to insist he is actually ahead in the polls. Mitt Romney had the same problem in 2012 -- even though the polls showed otherwise, Mitt was certain he would win, right up to the bitter end.
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