The Washington Post reports that Trump’s behavior, specifically his threat on Wednesday to have his fanbase sit out the 2022 and 2024 elections “drew winces among GOP operatives and U.S. senators gathered for a donor retreat for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in Palm Beach, Fla., this week. Many still blame Trump for the loss of two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia in runoff elections early this year, saying his false claims of fraudulent ballots kept people from coming to the polls. ‘It gives everyone cold sweats over the Georgia situation and the prospect he could have some impact again,’ said one top party strategist, who like others interviewed for this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.”

“In Trump’s address, one of the final events of the retreat, the former president focused on re-litigating grievances he has retained since leaving office. He called Pelosi and Schumer ‘maniacs’ and described his presidency as a fight for survival. ‘It was all phony shit, okay. All phony stuff,’ he said of the Democratic impeachment efforts and the investigation of his ties to Russia. Unprompted, he brought up an unsubstantiated claim he had interactions with prostitutes in Moscow before he ran for president. ‘I’m not into golden showers,’ he told the crowd. ‘You know the great thing, our great first lady – ‘That one,’ she said, ‘I don’t believe that one.’” Read more.