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marmar

(80,072 posts) Tue May 19, 2026, 09:41 AM Yesterday

Lincoln Square: Stuart Stevens: The Republican Party Is an Extremist Movement Now

May 19, 2026 #politics #lincolnsquare #democracy

Stuart Stevens argues the Republican Party can no longer be treated like a normal American governing party.

From Trump’s anti-immigrant extremism to JD Vance defending the indefensible, Stevens says the GOP has become a movement that advances by becoming more extreme.

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Lincoln Square: Stuart Stevens: The Republican Party Is an Extremist Movement Now (Original Post) marmar Yesterday OP

Has been for some time, Stuart. tanyev Yesterday #1

Moral decay in a party is one thing. You can see it. These guys wrap themselves in the Bible bucolic_frolic Yesterday #2

tanyev

(49,688 posts)

1. Has been for some time, Stuart.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 10:03 AM

Yesterday

They're just not even trying to hide it anymore.

bucolic_frolic

(55,840 posts)

2. Moral decay in a party is one thing. You can see it. These guys wrap themselves in the Bible

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue May 19, 2026, 10:07 AM

Yesterday

and use their power to decay the state. Way beyond moral decay in my view. Not sure what to call their wrecking ball.

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