Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 07:18 pm
Things are this bad, fellow citizens.
Matt Mackowiak, a conservative political and communications professional, went on a tweetstorm Wednesday warning Republicans about the dangers of Donald Trump, saying “The GOP has a drunk driver at the wheel, chugging vodka, and he’s got other people’s children in the car. He must be stopped.”
Mackowiak is no liberal. From his bio, “From 2005-2009 Matt served as Press Secretary to U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) from 2007-2009. From 2005-2007, he was Press Secretary to U.S. Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT). Before moving to Capitol Hill, Mackowiak spent time at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a political appointee, in the field during the Bush-Cheney 2004 re-election campaign, traveling for the White House advance team, and at the international public relations firm of Burson-Marsteller.”
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Hang on tight:
11/ Race will freeze in August. Olympics start Friday. Trump is down 7 right now and things are getting worse fast.
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) August 3, 2016
12/ No reason to believe Trump will improve, pivot, get serious. Believing that would require willing suspension of disbelief.
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) August 3, 2016
13/ The GOP has a drunk driver at the wheel, chugging vodka, and he's got other people's children in the car. He must be stopped.
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) August 3, 2016
10/ Options for replacing Trump, if he made the right decision limited to: Romney, Ryan, Cruz, Kasich and Pence. All improvements.
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) August 3, 2016
Hoping to assist Donald Trump to a graceful exit (which is more wishful thinking on Republicans’ part, Donald Trump will not go quietly):
8/ Trump needs an exit plan where he saves face. Protecting him from an embarrassing loss will have some appeal. But he has to be convinced.
— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) August 3, 2016
Mackowiak is hardly the only Republican speaking up. Jeb Bush’s national security adviser went on a very sobering tweetstorm Wednesday:
Read this Tweetstorm from Jeb Bush's national security adviser @noonanjo on Trump/nukes
(h/t everyone) pic.twitter.com/Fr6qVA46wW— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) August 3, 2016
Republicans with integrity are alarmed. They were alarmed before Trump’s speech today.
After listening to Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech in Florida, I am compelled to say that he needs medical intervention, and this is not a joke or meant as snark.
There is something very wrong with Donald Trump.
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