Re: Republicans terrified of crossing Trump

On Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:53:26 -0500,
mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) wrote:

Is there really any evidence of physical threats?

Does J6 ring a bell?



"Thom Tillis, a Republican senator for North Carolina, told people
that he received FBI warnings of "credible death threats" when he was
publicly considering voting against Hegseth, Vanity Fair reported.
Tillis, who had spoken at length to witnesses who raised concerns
about Hegseth's behavior, ultimately voted in favor of his
confirmation.

Vanity Fair cited an unnamed source as quoting Tillis advising people
who wished to understand Trump to read Snakes in Suits: When
Psychopaths Go to Work, a 2006 book by Paul Babiak and Robert Hare. A
spokesperson for Tillis denied that he had recommended the book in
that context.
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"He knows full well the intimidation factor he can bring through his
bully pulpit."

Most Republicans who voted to impeach Trump during his first
presidency are no longer in Congress. Liz Cheney - who played a
leading role in the House committee investigating the 6 January
insurrection - lost her Wyoming seat after being defeated in a GOP
primary by a Trump supporter.

Cheney told CNN that some of her Republican colleagues had voted
against impeaching Trump because "they were afraid for their own
security - afraid, in some instances, for their lives}.

Her comments were backed up by Mitt Romney, the former Republican
senator and presidential candidate, who told his biographer, McKay
Coppins, of a senior Senate colleague who intended to vote for Trump's
conviction at his Senate trial only to change course when a colleague
told him: "Think of your personal safety. Think of your children."