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zipplewrath

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4. Minority Party

Reply to andym (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 04:31 PM

Feb 2021

They've always been a minority party, it's sorta why they exist. They function just fine if they accept that role. However, about the time they think they can become a majority party the trouble starts. Because they quickly figure out that they only way to win elections is through various forms of voter suppression, gerrymandering, etc. They demonize minorities to try to attract a majority. And now, this exercise with Trump was about figuring out a way that they can dictate the outcome of elections.

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The Republican party has lost its way since Watergate and 1974 [View all] andym Feb 2021 OP

there's part of me that thinks we've been living through watergate payback ever since. NRaleighLiberal Feb 2021 #1

Listening to Mitch now. C_U_L8R Feb 2021 #2

Senator McConnell is a symptom of how much the appeal of personal power andym Feb 2021 #3

Minority Party zipplewrath Feb 2021 #4

I don't agree because Republicans have held the Senate, the House and the Presidency at times andym Feb 2021 #5

Registered Republicans zipplewrath Feb 2021 #6

Nah, their downfall goes back waaaaay farther than that. Yavin4 Feb 2021 #7

But after that they ascended again after that, leading the progressive movement of the early 1900's andym Feb 2021 #8