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(25,717 posts)Never thought I'd say this about the infrastructure of the GOP, but the Trumps are inflicting deep institutional damage to the workings of American democracy. The push-and-pull between the major parties created a quasi-stable environment where both victor and opposition maintained interest in preserving the nation and its democratic underpinnings. Not anymore, though.
Now the entire Republican party constitutes a direct threat to democracy. It will need to be thoroughly crushed and flushed, or at least re-staffed, in its entirety, before our nation can credibly rebuild. We The People must show up in force in every election henceforth to grind down the current menace and prevent it from resurfacing in a generation. Our trusting, slothful neglect has led us to the predicament we now face, enabling a corrupt faction to seize control over many of the levers of government. It has to go, and quickly before it stinks up the place and spreads more than it already has.