• ExiledElf@lemmy.world
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      “If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed … and we will deserve it.” - Lindsey Graham

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        I’ve successfully repressed many of my Trump-era political memories.

        Can anyone tell me how Republicans went from “we’ll be destroyed and we’ll deserve it” to “unggh, Daddy Trump, destroy me harder” between 2016 and 2017?

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          He was winning. Once he was the nominee the establishment republicans all got behind him because otherwise they ran the risk of being primaried