Republicans set to get a 'wake-up' call on Trump at the worst possible moment: analyst

Republicans who will be out of power and, in some cases, out of a job will look back on how they let President Donald Trump use his bully pulpit to pursue his own interests while leaving them “holding the bag” with furious voters.

That was the lesson delivered by Politico’s Jonathan Martin on MS NOW Tuesday, where he vociferously asserted that GOP lawmakers are headed for a disaster in November.

Speaking with “Morning Joe” co-host Jonathan Lemire, Martin said, “It goes to the heart of priorities. What are your priorities? Because, you know, trying to get a legacy is clearly the president's top priority, along with, you know, the physical plant of the White House and the rehab of the Kennedy Center.

“So he goes for these big, you know, big moves and places like Venezuela and Iran because he wants to have a big legacy of his own; he wants to be a consequential figure,” he elaborated. “Well, that's for him. That's not for his party — his party is the one holding the bag, now, when gas is going to be five bucks a gallon.”

“And it's the same with the retribution campaigns,” he lectured. “That's about his own grievances and vanity. It's not about his party's fate in the midterms. Why is he targeting a sitting senator, [Republican] Bill Cassidy, in Louisiana? That's not for the good of the party, that's for his vengeance. Why is he going after nine Indiana state senators? Not exactly top of the priority list for [Republican House Speaker] Mike Johnson and [Senate Majority Leader] John Thune, the fate of the Indiana state senate because they defied him on redrawing their congressional lines.”

“The through-line on all of this is a president more focused on himself, his impulses, than the good of the party,” he accused. “And at some point, the Republicans are going to wake up and realize that ... probably the day after the midterms.”

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