Bernie Sanders says GOP 'has ceased to be a political party' and is now a 'cult'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

in fiery rebuke of Trump fraud claims

Senator Bernie Sanders said the GOP is no longer a political party but a “cult” because it has largely remained silent or supportive as the president continues increasingly desperate challenges to the election results with no real evidence of fraud.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/bernie-sanders-says-gop-ceased-195714668.html

I don't always agree with Sanders but he's spot on in this case.

[Karadeniz]

1. Noam Chomsky said this years ago.

[still_one]

31. A lot of people have

[Buckeyeblue]

16. I think given Bernie's name recognition and number of supporters it's a big deal for him to say this

I think it also signals that he might not be interested in being part of Biden's cabinet. Having an attack dog like Bernie in the Senate could be good.

[SomedayKindaLove]

3. Was just pondering this the other night

If Trump is a cult, then basically the entire GOP is one too.

The 6 interwoven American Cults, lots of overlap:

Trump cult
Religious Fanatics
American exceptionalism
Hate Groups
Q Anon
GOP

[RKP5637]

12. Yep!!!! n/t

[KY_EnviroGuy]

23. You might consider including....

Libertarians, and...

Gun nuts, and....

A massive right-wing media cabal, and.....

The massive billionaire's club that keeps the whole thing afloat with $$$$.


KY.......

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. He's absolutely right.

The GOP has lost its collective mind.

[Newest Reality]

5. It is obvious and I am glad he agrees with Chomsky on that.

[R B Garr]

6. Wow

[NurseJackie]

9. ...

[sandensea]

7. Today's GOP is the ONLY major party in the developed world to meet ALL 14 criteria for fascism

Has been since Gingrich - and it's only gotten worse.

[RKP5637]

11. K&R!!!!! n/t

[sandensea]

14. Thank you, RKP.

It is what it is.

[PatrickforO]

21. I had never put this together before.

But yes, it does meet the criteria. Especially under Trump.

[sandensea]

28. As has often been said, this ain't our fathers' GOP anymore

I mean, they've long had a fascist streak - McCarthy is proof of that.

But whereas McCarthy represented the more vicious wing back then, he's now taken over the party in every way. He, and these neo-confederates (plus the Armageddon freaks - which often overlap).

Anyone even slightly more moderate is now shunned as a RINO.

[Solly Mack]

8. Trumptologists

[bringthePaine]

20. I was thinking just "Phonys", then for a change 'the Phony party"

[Solly Mack]

24. Need something more cult-like. Since they are a cult.

[RKP5637]

10. The GOP we have known is history. It is gone and possibly replaced by the tRump cult

into the future with or without tRump IMO.

[Meowmee]

13. They are fascists

With cult followers, some are as wacky as the cult followers.

[Arazi]

15. #Cult45

Bernie bringing the truth

[frazzled]

17. I've been saying we need national deprogramming therapy

effort. That was a pretty big thing back in the 80s, but it involved specific sets of individuals. We now need to deprogram about 70 million people who belong to a specific cult.

Are there enough psychologists and psychiatrists to accomplish this?

[Budi]

18. Bernie & about everyone else

Nothing profound about this.

He's not wrong, but he's retweeting what's been stated on MSM, repeatedly, in print, & social media sites for months.

Go Bern!

[Poiuyt]

19. This has been intuitively obvious to even the most casual observer for years.

[Marcuse]

22. Exponentially more serious than Manson, Waco, Heavens Gate, Jonestown and all the others combined.

[BlueLucy]

25. What does Bernie know about cults? nt

[NurseJackie]

29. ...

[keithbvadu2]

26. GOP has no party platform of policies, beliefs, or goals. Just their Messiah Donald to follow.

GOP has no party platform of policies, beliefs, or goals. Just their Messiah Donald to follow.

[betsuni]

27. Trump ran as an outsider against the Republican Establishment elites.

He pretended to be a populist looking out for the working class, but signed on to everything the Republican Establishment elites wanted. The party is so dysfunctional they don't have any policies except tax cuts for the rich and dismantling everything.The Establishment is happy. Republicans will be primaried from the radical nutty right-wing if they go against Trump, his voters see him as their outsider savior. Of course it's a cult. The Republican Party chose their path a long time ago: racism, religion, hate, fear, propaganda, voter suppression, etc. Why anyone would think that both sides are the same or the Democratic Party has shifted to the Right is delusional.

Trump makes everything about conspiracy theories and everybody out to get him, including election rigging. The American people love him and agree with him, so if he loses it has to be rigged! It was clear in 2016 that people voted for him not because of economic distress, it was all in their imaginations. Republicans who thought the economy was getting better went from 15% in October 2016 to 80% in February 2017, percentage who thought the country was going in the right direction went from 24% in December 2016 to 70% in July of the next year. These people aren't voting for policy, they're voting for identity, and they'll never vote for progressives.

[George II]

30. Rick Wilson and Steve Schmidt said pretty much the same thing many months ago, which is why....

....they left the republican party and have been doing just about everything they could to finish them off.

Unfortunately that's probably not going to happen.

The same was said for the republican party back in 1964 when Johnson crushed Goldwater and Democrats increased their leads in the House and Senate, both to veto-proof majorities of 295-140 and 68-32 (although Johnson wasn't going to do much vetoing)

Everyone in the country said that republicans were dead.

But Nixon won in a virtual landslide and they won 5 seats in both houses, although Democrats retained the majority, and Nixon followed that up with a 520-17 crushing of McGovern.

[Gothmog]

32. Thank you Lincoln Project

Link to tweet

[rdchili96]

33. Nah

They actually did not have much effect at all actually, and they are NOT Democrats friends... don't let them fool you.

[My Pet Orangutan]

34. Guess Bernie has not heard of the Fuhrerprinzip

A totalitarian political party is still a political party.

[helpisontheway]

35. For once I completely agree with Bernie. Nt