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JHB

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14. Republicans destroyed the Republican Party. Trump is the vulture feeding on its carcass

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Wed Aug 9, 2023, 06:43 AM

Aug 2023

This ever-ratcheting-up extremism has been part of Republican culture ever since the Conservative Movement took over and they politically exterminated the Rockefeller Republicans.

They milked bigotry, Vietnam resentment, misogyny, homophobia, religious extremism, and where they didn't have anything real to resent, they made stuff up.

They built a media bubble that constantly fed back on itself. They believed their own advertising.

They built a party base of Ahabs, and the orange guy came along and promised them white whale steak dinners for life (and the hagfish will pay for it).

They Built That.

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Trump Has Destroyed The Republican Party [View all] Celerity Aug 2023 OP

It's been teetering on the edge for many years... Wounded Bear Aug 2023 #1

He is a symptom, not the cause Cosmocat Aug 2023 #17

He simply exposed the party's core value for all to see: an unlimited desire for power and control. LonePirate Aug 2023 #2

And willing to spend any amount and cheat whenever they can. rubbersole Aug 2023 #3

And willing to end democracy in the USA and install the dictatorship Mysterian Aug 2023 #16

Republicans used to have serious policy ideas PJMcK Aug 2023 #12

Winner chicken dinner Cosmocat Aug 2023 #19

Fox News, Reagan and Limbaugh destroyed the GOP. Initech Aug 2023 #4

Don't forget me!!! cries Newt Gingrich Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2023 #5

He exposed them for the hate filled, greedy hypocrites that they BigmanPigman Aug 2023 #6

The GOP was a house of cards before Trump. SunSeeker Aug 2023 #7

Most people missed how they had some San Andreas-level ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #8

👍 +100 Duppers Aug 2023 #11

The bigots will no longer settle for the subtle dog whistle 617Blue Aug 2023 #21

The roaches are scattering because he exposed the truth of the type of people that cstanleytech Aug 2023 #9

I couldn't get the NJCher Aug 2023 #10

The Party's Over 😀😀 malaise Aug 2023 #13

Republicans destroyed the Republican Party. Trump is the vulture feeding on its carcass JHB Aug 2023 #14

They're like herpes, they never go away. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2023 #15

Incompetent kooks with zero experience or knowledge 617Blue Aug 2023 #18

I know people here ITAL Aug 2023 #20

Their demise is often greatly exaggerated, as it is here. TwilightZone Aug 2023 #22

Mmm, schadenfreudelicious! tanyev Aug 2023 #23

I would argue the The Republican Party destroyed The Republican Party William769 Aug 2023 #24