Growing GOP problem: Powerlessness

[babylonsister]

https://www.axios.com/republicans-no-power-politics-tech-business-12520c79-a3dc-4228-a296-df36e9eb3570.html

24 mins ago - Politics & Policy
Growing GOP problem: Powerlessness
Axios
Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei



Republicans are losing power where power matters most at the national level: in politics, media, technology and the workplace.

Why it matters: Republicans often felt mistreated when they had real power in the form of the presidency and Senate. Watch Fox News or listen to Ben Shapiro, and you will see and hear how this new isolation will feed Republican worries and grievances in the months ahead.

Tucker Carlson warned on Fox: "Tens of millions of Americans have no chance — they’re about to be crushed by the ascendant left."

Democrats will soon control the White House, Senate and House. They already dominate most mainstream newsrooms, own Big Tech companies, and often band together inside corporations to force politically motivated decisions.

Republicans will be left with Mitch McConnell as party leader of a 50-50 Senate, prime time on Fox News and The Wall Street Journal editorial page.

Most importantly, the right has the Supreme Court, which might prove to be the one reliable counterbalance, and the majority of power at the state level.

Conservatives long ago lost so many key institutions that define the national conversation, including culture, media and higher education.

But since 1980, the party had political power and policy-making capability.

Now, President Trump has cost Republicans those tools, and the party will have to rebuild around new people and ideas.

[MagickMuffin]

1. Well this is a little dishonest

Democrats will soon control the White House, Senate and House. They already dominate most mainstream newsrooms, own Big Tech companies, and often band together inside corporations to force politically motivated decisions.

Ah I believe the statement dominate most mainstream media sounds palinsque to me!

[BeyondGeography]

2. Maybe if they joined the human race

And stopped painting themselves into a white, racist, sexist, homophobic, nativist, grievance-laden corner, things would be different for them.

[wishstar]

4. & if they could govern well when in power leaving Americans better off at end of their Presidencies

instead of leaving a disastrous mess for the Democrats to clean up.

No wonder majority of Americans want forward progress not the incompetency and backward policies of right wing politicians.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Here we are to clean up again

In return, we’ll be called tyrants. And they’ll light their base’s hair on fire (it’s amazing they have any hair left), gin up enough votes to rebuild their power so we can do it all over again.

[KayF]

3. our power advantage seems extremely fragile to me

just saying.

[DFW]

6. ALWAYS tell people they are the victims

It has worked since the days of getting the South to declare the Confederacy.

"But after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or fascist dictatorship, or a parliament or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peace makers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”

--Hermann Göring, Hitler's close confidant and Luftwaffe boss