Trump's Lack Of Real Power Gets Exposed Once Again

A Trump-backed candidate lost a special election to her Republican challenger this week in Texas, further proof that Donald Trump is not the kingmaker that he would like the Republican Party to believe that he is. The truth is that Trump has a bad history of endorsing losing candidates, and his dismal track record shows that Trump doesn't have as much power as everyone is pretending that he has. Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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There was a special election in Texas this week for a Texas congressional seat and a woman by the name of Susan Wright was Donald Trump's handpicked and endorsed candidate to take that seat. Well, it was a low turnout, a special election here, but it turns out Donald Trump's handpicked candidate

Lost, lost to her Republican challenger,

A man by the name of, uh, Jake Sherman or Jake Ellzey excuse me, Jake. Ellzey won the seat instead of the guy, uh, the woman that Trump

Picked, huh? Kind of makes you think doesn't it. You know, I know

Donald Trump, since he left off has been sitting down there at Mar-a-Lago or sitting up at Bedminster thinking he's the Republican king maker. We have seen Republicans go to him. Grovelling speaking of Texas, hell George P. Bush went up to Bedminster. Recently. Grovelling wanting that endorsement, even though Trump's been so horrible to him, family, and then Trump didn't give him the endorsement and maybe that's better for George P right? Cause it turns out getting an endorsement for Donald Trump. Isn't a slam dunk hell. At this point, it really isn't anything. It might actually be a kiss of death. Why? Because Trump is not the king maker that he has convinced the rest of the Republican party that he is. And that's the thing that these Republicans have to understand. And trust me, I don't want to give good advice to the Republican party, but at this point it's becoming comical. You see them all groveling, all afraid to upset Donald Trump because, oh, what if he does a thing?

What's he going to do? Endorse

Your challenger? Hell. That's about the best thing your campaign could receive at this point. Look back at his track record. Even when he was president of the United States candidate, after candidate, after candidate, that he endorsed in special elections, got their butts handed to him. That's a pretty strong Testament. If you ask me now, that's not even saying that all Trump endorsed people lost. That's not true. Plenty of Trump endorse people, but not enough to make it to where he is, the king maker, or to even say that his endorsement helps a candidate, their chances of winning yet the wrap-up and party continues to bow down to him as if he has any kind of real power we saw once again this week with this special election that the guy has

Nothing. He has no power. He has no sway

Over the voters. It's simply doesn't exist. The only power he has is the imaginary power that Republicans have created in their minds that he has. This is almost quite literally the emperor has no clothes. Okay? And all I'm sitting here waiting for is for one Republican to jump up from the crowd and say,

He has no power. Look at what he's doing. Nothing

He is doing is working. Nobody that he is endorsing is winning. We're following

An idiot who thinks

He's wearing the finest robes that the country has to offer, but he's actually strolling buck naked through the middle of the street.

Is that ever going to happen? No.

I don't think Republicans are going to ever wake up from this stupor and realize that all of Trump's power is imaginary.

When he won in 2016. First

Of all, he didn't even win the popular vote lost by over 3 million. Okay. So-so victory electoral college put him in office, couldn't even win a majority of votes here in the United States.

He never had an

Approval rating of even 50% throughout his entire time in office, except for the incredibly skewed polls from right-wingers.

He was never popular. He was never powerful.

He was rejected and rebuked any time he was on a ballot. Anytime his party was on a ballot after his initial election, they got their butts handed to him. That is how toxic he is the exact opposite of a king maker. He is a grave Digger. At this point, you want your career to go down in flames, go grovel for that endorsement and see how that helps you out in a campaign. And again, I don't have to worry about telling Republicans what's really happening within their party because they're not going to listen. They're going to continue to pretend he has power. They're going to continue to bow down to him and they're going to follow this little grave Digger