Just seven of 50 surveyed GOP lawmakers are planning to actually attend the president’s birthday festivities over the weekend, reported Politico. […] Those sticking around include some of Trump’s most stalwart MAGA supporters: Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (who told Politico “of course” she’d be there), Byron Donalds, and Elise Stefanik are all planning to celebrate. Representatives Cory Mills, Rich McCormick, John McGuire, and Lisa McClain are also expected to be in attendance.

  • @Carmakazi@lemmy.world
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    Two possibilities:

    1. They know some serious shit is liable to go down.
    2. They know some serious shit is intended to go down.
    • Shirasho
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      1. It was all a massive grift and they never intended to do it well to begin with.
    • LasherzM
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      I dunno, I think attending someone’s party for themselves is pretty fucking cringe. They’ve already kissed the ring, I can’t imagine it’s fun for them to grovel. They just do it when they have to satisfy the crown and virtue signal to their base since they didn’t vote for them as much as they did for a Trump green light. Nobody is twisting their arm in this case.

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      They could be busy with shit in their states, they could not want photos/videos/records of them attending the events to exist in the future.

      When your opponents say you are trying to become a police state and trample peoples rights, you probably don’t want to be featured standing next to a tank on civilian streets.

      In 1-3 years when they believe they will be running for office during an election that will potentially have far more people fleeing the MAGA agenda as people see the results, they will want to distance themselves and appear to have maybe been a more “moderate” Republican candidate. Hard to do standing next to a military vehicle resembling those that you rolled into metropolitan cities and whatever ensued occured because of it.

  • Capt. Wolf
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    The only reason I’d watch.

    Other than if people just started pelting the parade with tacos…

    • Snailpope
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      Let’s do this in the most American way possible. To quote The Bloodhound Gang:

      “Like that dude in Tienimen square, with a six-pack and a folding chair”

    • @CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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      Not so fun fact: Trump is actually a fan of the way China handled that. Here’s the quote:

      “Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength.That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak… as being spit on by the rest of the world.”

  • @PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    225 days ago

    We should all just boycott the parade. Don’t go, don’t watch it, don’t talk about it.

    That would be the worst outcome for the Narcissist in Chief

    • @Alteon@lemmy.world
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      I don’t know mate. Standing in front of a tank and shutting down down Fat Boy Hitler’s farcical thuper duper birthday parade would be one for the history books. There’s not a farts chance in a hurricane that this doesn’t go down as a comical clusterfuck.

      This whole parade is getting shut down, I promise you.

      • @Alteon@lemmy.world
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        Major news outlets will not cover the protests. They will happily film the parade though. They will put forth an air of cautious optimism to endear dear leader to their outlet. The only way this gets any MAJOR public attention is if people stop the parade. It will be stopped, there will be a LOT of police action, which will prompt riots, which will prompt more attention. Trump may use it to enact martial law, but he’ll do so at his own detriment. It will not look well at all, but the cancellation of his parade, plus the chaos that will be martial law will only spark more civil discourse throughout the nation.

        It’s about to get hairy, folks.

    • Robust Mirror
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      Well that would be nice if everyone was on board. But even if the people that hate him don’t turn up, the people that love him will. That would be enough for him.