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kentuck

(115,624 posts)
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:16 AM Oct 2025

Republican silence is no longer acceptable...

There is an old saying that if you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem. Republicans, of all stripes, including family and friends, can no longer sit back and watch our country and our democracy disintegrate and say nothing. Their silence is not acceptable. My words will have no impact on what they say or don't say, but it is imprinted in the hearts and minds of those that do not follow the lie. Discard the truth at your own peril.

They cheered as their leader incited a mob to attack our Capitol because he could not accept defeat. He sat in the White House for hours as they ransacked the offices of Congressmen and Senators. Then he lied about it. They believed him and they cannot escape that act of dishonor. They do not get a free pass. Ever.

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Republican silence is no longer acceptable... (Original Post) kentuck Oct 2025 OP
They are also silent about Epstein. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #1
They are silent about everything... kentuck Oct 2025 #2
At the same time, I wish they would STFU Martin Eden Oct 2025 #3
Far too many of them are just fine with what is happening... Wounded Bear Oct 2025 #4
No time like the present for naming and shaming. ❤️ RESIST!! ✊️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #10
You are spot on. Thank you. OLDMDDEM Oct 2025 #5
Cut ties with family yankee87 Oct 2025 #6
Some of them are Trump enablers, the rest are moral cowards. patphil Oct 2025 #7
This OP gave me a new idea for my no kings signs KS Toronado Oct 2025 #8
❤️ RESIST!! ✊️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #9
Here is one good note of a Republican in California defying the party Beringia Oct 2025 #11

kentuck

(115,624 posts)
2. They are silent about everything...
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:23 AM
Oct 2025

..except the party line passed down from their Leader. They are afraid they might say something he might disagree with.

Martin Eden

(15,876 posts)
3. At the same time, I wish they would STFU
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:26 AM
Oct 2025

Because what DOES come out of their pie hole is dripping with mendacity.

Wounded Bear

(64,637 posts)
4. Far too many of them are just fine with what is happening...
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:28 AM
Oct 2025

and are enthusiastic supporters of it.

yankee87

(2,860 posts)
6. Cut ties with family
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 12:18 PM
Oct 2025

I had to cut ties with maga family. I have LGBTQ children and will never forgive.

patphil

(9,227 posts)
7. Some of them are Trump enablers, the rest are moral cowards.
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 12:35 PM
Oct 2025

They're all just as guilty as Trump in the dismantling of our Democratic Republic.

KS Toronado

(23,867 posts)
8. This OP gave me a new idea for my no kings signs
Thu Oct 16, 2025, 12:54 PM
Oct 2025

ELECTED Rs ARE DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY or maybe Pedophile Protectors are.

Beringia

(5,625 posts)
11. Here is one good note of a Republican in California defying the party
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 02:02 PM
Oct 2025

One California Republican is dealing with his tough reelection odds by doing something hardly any Republicans in the entire country are willing to do: defy the party’s national leadership.

Kevin Kiley, the Republican congressman representing California’s 3rd Congressional District, is facing an existential threat to his career thanks to Proposition 50. If Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting measure is approved next month, Kiley’s right-leaning district, which includes Tahoe and some of Sacramento’s suburbs, will be gerrymandered into a Democratic-leaning seat, and he would be expected to lose reelection next year.

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/california-republican-shutdown-fights-21104952.php

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