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10. I've seen quite a few

Reply to madaboutharry (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2023, 04:30 AM

Mar 2023

videos posted here on the DU over the past month or two showing Republican primary debates from the 1980s and the candidates at least sound civilized on topics of immigration, abortion and the rights of minorities.

Maybe they just hid their true feelings better back then.

But news also emerged the other day about a Republican plot to undermine Jimmy Carter by persuading Iran not to release American hostages before the 1980 election. That was really scummy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/20/jimmy-carter-republican-sabotage-iran-hostage-john-connally

And, of course, Nixon was a sleazebag.

But Trump is far worse than any of that.

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Have republicans only lost their minds in the Trump era? [View all] madaboutharry Mar 2023 OP

No, it started before him, but their minds completely went bonkers with Trump sakabatou Mar 2023 #1

they started truly losing it when a black man became president Skittles Mar 2023 #2

Yup. In It to Win It Mar 2023 #3

then they made the mistake of thinking they are the MAJORITY view Skittles Mar 2023 #4

I Just Don't Get It DET Mar 2023 #5

your memory is different than mine Skittles Mar 2023 #8

I Agree With Skittles ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #13

The Republican Party was deeply unpopular for destroying the economy and wars (as it was after betsuni Mar 2023 #9

This goes back 5 centuries here in America. (nt) old as dirt Mar 2023 #6

I know. madaboutharry Mar 2023 #7

Note the repeated references to refugees, which Steve King's sidekick rode to the White House. old as dirt Mar 2023 #17

I've seen quite a few True Dough Mar 2023 #10

I think it was always there in larger numbers than most care to admit Meowmee Mar 2023 #11

I agree that they came out of the closet with Trump, but... B.See Mar 2023 #12

Remember "Welfare Queens In Cadillacs"? ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #14

The op presumes that they had a mind to lose, in the first place Mr. Sparkle Mar 2023 #15

I think we tend to forget that Тяцмp changed the ... Whiskeytide Mar 2023 #16