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A former Republican strategist warned lawmakers in the GOP that there's no "off ramp" for them from the deal they made with President Donald Trump.
As part of a panel discussion on "Deadline White House," host Nicolle Wallace had two legal analysts who remained optimistic about the state of the United States and the rule of law.
"So, Tim, it falls to you and me to pop the hopium balloon," quipped Wallace to The Bulwark's Tim Miller.
Miller said there is a world that exists outside of politics where normal people have no idea how bad Trump is. It's the other category he takes issue with.
"I think that there's a category of people who know what, that they're making a deal with the devil, and they're making a deal with the devil. And that includes pretty much the entire Republican Party and a bunch of other folks," said Miller. "And we've come to not expect anything from him. I do think over the first three months, there was another category of people who really were just kind of like very uncertain. They're like, how did he win? I don't understand how he won. Maybe he will be better than I think. I don't know, maybe the right bet here for the short term is to try to cut a deal."
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He said he wouldn't offer them an "alibi," but at the very least, he could "understand" such a position. That group of people isn't in the "resistance," he said. However, they're people who are starting to question whether they should distance themselves from Trump.
"And I do think that is encouraging, and I think that that is rational," Miller said.
He then looked at the downside of that "deal."
"The people that have made the deal with the devil, though, their only way out is for him to gather as much power as possible, right?" Miller continued. "Like there's no off-ramp at this point for Republican senators. Like there's no off ramp at this point for people that are knee deep in Trump, either from a business perspective or, you know, from working in the administration."
He said that those would be the people who believe giving him the most power possible is the way to go. Then respond to criticism by maligning and smearing any opposition.
"And he does have a lot of power, and they do have Congress. They did appoint a lot of judges. There have been some good judges standing up, right? The executive has taken a lot of authority. We've seen some encouraging stuff from the Supreme Court, but we don't really know. You know, the big one hasn't really come yet," Miller said.
He closed by saying, "I think that it's alarming the degree to which the people that have gotten on board with Trump are trying to press the accelerator right now at a moment of real peril."
