Raskin keeps using the phrase "Banana Republican" to describe the tactics of TFG and his party ...

[eppur_se_muova]

It seems to me that #BananaRepublicans is a phrase that should be spread widely and freely.

Now, we just need an elephant logo w/bananas in place of stars ...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/7/1917493/-Jamies-Raskin-D-MD-T-here-are-now-banana-Republicans-who-will-follow-him-and-walk-the-plank

[marybourg]

1. Yes, especially after one of them uses the despicable phrase

“Democrat Party”.

[Hekate]

2. DU used to use that phrase for Dubya's regime. I resurrected it recently, but it must be Zeitgeist...

…as so many seem to have spontaneously thought of it again.

[malaise]

3. I stole it from him

They are now BananaReTHUGs

[Karadeniz]

4. Remember, Raskin's show is tonight, MSNBC, 10 pm.ET, about his leading an impeachment trial

Following his son's suicide.

[ancianita]

7. I hope I can bear to watch it.

[betsuni]

5. There's an excellent book, "Banana Republicans" by Sheldon Rampton & John Stauber.

How the right-wing is turning the country into a one-party state. Movement conservatives, politics as total war (not good enough to win, the enemy must be destroyed), shrink government until there's no spending to help the Democratic base, take over state legislatures ("We are trying to change the the tones in the state capitols -- and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship" "Bipartisanship is another word for date rape" -- Grover Norquist), corporate funding shifting to Republicans (for example, tobacco industry contributions were evenly divided between parties before 1990 but by 2000 82% went to Republicans), network of organizations and think tanks, media control and all the rest.

It was published in 2004, though, so really old. Wish they'd do an update, if they're still around.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

6. I've been using it for days!

Got from someone on here.

It's a winner!

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Democrats can help the GOP split their party and eject the traitors

It's not unwise.

[multigraincracker]

9. Only 2 kinds of Republics

1 Democratic Republics

2 Banana Republics

Told that to a guy that said “This is a Republic and not a Democracy”.