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they're basically fucked. they can't turn against Leader, because their base would abandon them immediately. But they desperately wish they could hold him back, because they are well aware they are going to get creamed in November.

as far as "bills", there's no bills because that's up to Mike Johnson who is a super loyalist. His district is very safe (Cook R+26).

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> their base would abandon them immediately...they are going to get creamed in November.

These seem contradictory. So they risk losing their voters if they oppose Trump, but also know voters will vote them out?

>that's up to Mike Johnson who is a super loyalist. His district is very safe (Cook R+26).

That's part of why we've had so many forced votes around Johnson.

And I guess we'll see in Novemeber which branch is true. Either the R's are safe and the voter base is strong/popular enough to keep them in, or they are actually unpopular and at best scared of Trump (and at worst, super loyalist) and they will go down with the ship.

their base alone is not big enough to give them electoral victory. they always need more. but they need the base too. Because of Trump's lawlessness, they can't have both, hence you see a lot of retirements etc. this year.

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