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In reply to the discussion: Republicans are in the middle of a scorched earth retreat [View all]PatrickforO
(14,570 posts)Republican Party (of Trump) are beholden to Russian oligarchs and other billionaire parasites. Many, including McConnell, are traitors right along with Trump.
So, yeah, they'll try a scorched earth policy.
But I'm thinking Trump's downfall will precipitate a bunch of investigations, indictments, trials, and convictions of Republicans, and that the party will actually die, as did the Whigs, and Know-Nothings.
As to what happens then, your guess is as good as mine. I will say, though, that right on this thread we have people who are considered far-left AOC type progressive, and others that are considered much more toward the center. Thing is, we need both. That is how our founders set up the republic - to require lots of debate and then compromise to move forward.
As progressive as I am, I appreciate the centrists, not only for the intellectually stimulating arguments I have with some of them on here from time to time, but because if it was just me calling the shots, we could go the wrong direction awful fast. Same with anybody else on here, too.
Bottom line, there's wisdom in the group - we just gotta get rid of the Republican traitors so we can move forward.