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BumRushDaShow

(167,890 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:19 AM 7 hrs ago

Republicans seethe about Trump at half-empty conservative summit: 'Threat to everything'

Source: Raw Story

February 22, 2026 5:20PM ET


Current and former Republicans seethed about President Donald Trump during a half-empty conservative summit over the weekend, according to reports.

Conservatives organized the sixth annual Principles First summit just outside Washington, D.C., on Saturday and Sunday, an event estimated to draw around 750 attendees, the Associated Press reported. No currently elected Republican official attended the two-day event, which the AP said was about "half empty."

The sparse attendance didn't stop Republicans from bashing the Trump administration and the president's MAGA movement, which one speaker described as "authoritarian-embracing cult," according to the report.

“He’s everything our founders feared. Say it. Believe it,” Former Republican lawmaker Joe Walsh said, adding that Trump's “authoritarian-embracing cult” is “a threat to everything I love.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-2675292543/

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Republicans seethe about Trump at half-empty conservative summit: 'Threat to everything' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
"No currently elected Republican official attended the two-day event..." Hugin 7 hrs ago #1
y'all helped to create that fucking monster Skittles 6 hrs ago #2
100%! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #4
Yep...and instead of staying in office to Impeach and REMOVE this NAZI Bengus81 5 hrs ago #9
pitiful poozwah 3 hrs ago #14
They built this in the first place so I call fake outrage. cstanleytech 6 hrs ago #3
Republican party is a home for: wolfie001 5 hrs ago #5
Silly Republicans! Oligarchs don't time for you! no_hypocrisy 5 hrs ago #6
How Bipartisanship Can Fail Roy Rolling 5 hrs ago #7
Principles First summit attendance required backbone. democrank 5 hrs ago #8
discovery poozwah 3 hrs ago #15
They need to do more than seethe. What's it going to take... Kahuna 4 hrs ago #10
Joe Walsh was an awful representative, but he's been consistent and outspoken against Cankles since Scrivener7 3 hrs ago #11
They're the last hangers on to the GOP Random Boomer 3 hrs ago #13
K&R orangecrush 3 hrs ago #12
They still refuse to do the only principled thing that will free them from Trump's authoritarian cult: vote "D." sop 3 hrs ago #16
They are just wagging fingers. usonian 1 hr ago #17

Hugin

(37,710 posts)
1. "No currently elected Republican official attended the two-day event..."
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 04:34 AM
7 hrs ago

They need to leave the word “principles” out of their organization’s name. Maybe add the words massage parlor or open bar. But, I will let the republican think tanks handle the messaging. They have been doing so well.

Bengus81

(10,008 posts)
9. Yep...and instead of staying in office to Impeach and REMOVE this NAZI
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:07 AM
5 hrs ago

those chicken shit Republicans resign and kick the can down the road.

poozwah

(408 posts)
14. pitiful
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:58 AM
3 hrs ago

as you say, they created this monster, but they now see the swastikas on the wall and fear that they will relegated to becoming just plain old americans due to their support of one of the key members of the epstein elite. epstein is still fucking people, but now they are older.

wolfie001

(7,460 posts)
5. Republican party is a home for:
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:15 AM
5 hrs ago

Homophobic, racist, hate-filled, religious wack-a-doos. It's been that way since ronald reagan.

Roy Rolling

(7,559 posts)
7. How Bipartisanship Can Fail
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:49 AM
5 hrs ago

Reaching across the aisle works among two honorable opposing sides. When one side is a chameleon and always changing to match the environment, normal opposition fails. Opposition must be unique, humorously enlivening to your side, and attractive enough for opposition to consider out of curiosity. Attachment to come…

democrank

(12,468 posts)
8. Principles First summit attendance required backbone.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:51 AM
5 hrs ago

Elected Republican officials didn’t attend….didn’t meet the requirement.

poozwah

(408 posts)
15. discovery
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:00 AM
3 hrs ago

once they discovered that principle was different from principal, they lost interest.

Kahuna

(27,366 posts)
10. They need to do more than seethe. What's it going to take...
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:28 AM
4 hrs ago

for them to understand it's time for him to go?

Scrivener7

(59,081 posts)
11. Joe Walsh was an awful representative, but he's been consistent and outspoken against Cankles since
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:09 AM
3 hrs ago

before his first administration. And Christie seems to have seen the light after he was rejected by Cankles.

These are conservatives who have rejected trump. I'm sorry it was sparsely attended.

Random Boomer

(4,395 posts)
13. They're the last hangers on to the GOP
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:44 AM
3 hrs ago

Republicans of good character and principles have left the Republican party entirely. The anti-Trumpers who remain are still grasping (futilely) at power.

sop

(18,143 posts)
16. They still refuse to do the only principled thing that will free them from Trump's authoritarian cult: vote "D."
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:03 AM
3 hrs ago

Maybe they'll find their principles this November?

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