Friday, January 15, 2021

Fallout

The attack on the Capitol is having an impact all around the world and it is becoming obvious that Trump shot himself in the foot.

His banker Deutsche Bank dropped him. The PGA stripped the Trump’s New Jersey golf course the championship. Businesses are moving away from anything Trump because they don’t want the visibility.

The Republicans are also feeling the fallout from the attempted coup with major donors backing off.

Now heighten security are at all government buildings, court houses, state capitols as result of the armed rioters taking over the Capitol.


Updated: 3:30 PM

Yahoo News reported that Axios that...
By Jim VandeHei
January 15, 2021


Republicans will emerge from the Trump era gutted financially, institutionally and structurally.

The big picture: The losses are stark and substantial.

They lost their congressional power.

Their two leaders, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy, are hamstrung by corporate blacklisting of their election-denying members.

The GOP brand is radioactive for a huge chunk of America.

The corporate bans on giving to the 147 House and Senate Republicans who voted against election certification are growing and virtually certain to hold.

The RNC is a shell of its former self and run by a Trump loyalist.

Democrats crushed them in fundraising when they were out of power. Imagine their edge with it.

Sheldon Adelson, the party's biggest donor, died Monday.

The NRA is weaker than it has ever been, after massive leadership scandals.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, once controlled by rock-ribbed Republicans, also gave to Democrats in 2020.

Rank-and-file Republicans are now scattered on encrypted channels like Signal and fearful of Big Tech platforms.

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