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UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 09:28 AM Jul 2021

(A) Republican voter warns of the dangers of embracing Trumpism: 'Greatest danger to this cou

On Don Lemon Tonight Thursday, Lemon aired a segment, in which, CNN assembled a group of people of varying political ideologies to discuss President Biden’s Wednesday town hall, and one participant stood out from the rest. Phil Heimlich, a Republican who voted for Biden, aired plenty of grievances about former President Donald Trump, and the disturbing behavior he’s seen from those representing his party.

Heimlich’s first order of contention was with the fact that so many Republican lawmakers are trying to whitewash the reality of the violent insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.

“When people in my party, the Republican Party, accommodate or refuse to criticize those who attacked the Capitol on January 6,” Heimlich said, “you can't turn around and then talk about being tough on crime. I think it's shameful that so many people in my party are excusing what happened on January 6.”

Heimlich also railed against Republicans who still won’t admit that Trump lost the election, and the multitude of voter suppression bills that have been introduced by Republican state legislatures around the country.

“There are too many Republicans today that don’t have the guts to speak out against the big lie,” Heimlich said. “It’s cowardice.”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/republican-voter-warns-dangers-embracing-trumpism-greatest-danger-country-071226268.html

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(A) Republican voter warns of the dangers of embracing Trumpism: 'Greatest danger to this cou (Original Post) UpInArms Jul 2021 OP
"a Republican who voted for Biden" Tom Rinaldo Jul 2021 #1
Honestly, I don't think Trump is the biggest problem with the Republican Party. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #2
The rot just made it to the surface. colorado_ufo Jul 2021 #3
What you've just written is well worth thinking about. Brother Mythos Jul 2021 #4
Trump took them to the next level andym Jul 2021 #6
Trump has made their fascist agenda mainstream, wnylib Jul 2021 #7
Yep. And the snake oil salesman connected with millions of marks calimary Jul 2021 #8
Cowardice is a cornerstone of the GOP. nt Progressive Jones Jul 2021 #5
Phil Heimlich is more than a "Republican voter." He is a former Cincinnati city councilman, No Vested Interest Jul 2021 #9
Thank you for sharing that information UpInArms Jul 2021 #10

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
1. "a Republican who voted for Biden"
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 09:32 AM
Jul 2021

While this is excellent, we need to hear this type thing from Republicans who voted for Trump before anyone starts claiming that our nation is out of the woods yet.

Midnight Writer

(21,540 posts)
2. Honestly, I don't think Trump is the biggest problem with the Republican Party.
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 12:32 PM
Jul 2021

He's just the most visible one. He's the surface blemish on an apple that has rotted from the inside out.

If there were no and had never been a Trump, does anyone think the GOP would be much different than it is?

andym

(5,441 posts)
6. Trump took them to the next level
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 03:48 PM
Jul 2021

Before him, the propaganda network centered on Fox News etc was already there. The tendency to lie and distort was there, and to use and achieve power unfairly. But the embrace of the big lie, complete dependence on misinformation and a personality cult weren't. Republicans used to believe in the American system of democracy-- the Republic and the Constitution was sacrosanct. No more. Now, Republicans put Trump first and above country.

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
7. Trump has made their fascist agenda mainstream,
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 07:41 PM
Jul 2021

open, and acceptable. So he has changed the party that way. He has also emboldened them to openly pass legislation that allows votes to be overturned.

Trump has a snake oil salesman's talent for lies and spin beyond anything Karl Rove ever dreamed of,

calimary

(80,693 posts)
8. Yep. And the snake oil salesman connected with millions of marks
Sun Jul 25, 2021, 04:35 PM
Jul 2021

who were yearning for their own latter-day golden calf to worship.

And they got a yellow-haired two-legged cow pie. But I guess they found it somehow suitable.

No Vested Interest

(5,156 posts)
9. Phil Heimlich is more than a "Republican voter." He is a former Cincinnati city councilman,
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 02:29 AM
Jul 2021

elected as a Republican, and has run for Ohio state office as a Republican, though he is now considered a "renegade" Republican. He is also the son of renowned Dr. Henry Heimlich, of the Heimlich maneuver fame.

Someone, whoever assembled the panel after the Town Hall, pulled some kind of trick on Don Lemon, in that the panelist were not average citizens, but known political activists in the Cincinnati area.

At least one, Cam Hardy, is currently running for election to Cincinnati council in November.

UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
10. Thank you for sharing that information
Mon Jul 26, 2021, 07:23 PM
Jul 2021

His name rang no bells for me …

Hopefully, others will be influenced by him.

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