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It's crazy the modern GOP is so beholden to a terrorist minority in their ranks that those people are the ones calling the shots in both the electorate and in congress.
They are the party that has branded themselves tough on crime and usually the loudest about not negotiating with terrorists, but when they end up with terrorists in their own ranks they fully capitulate, roll over, goose step, bark like a dog, fall in line and cede complete control to the whims of their worst and most reactive members. A full display of weakness and lack of principle for everyone to see, yet they still take themselves with grave sincerity. If Monty Python had done it, it would have been too over the top, just facetious, but here we are.
I'm officially compassion fatigued. 8 years... Your comment broke the camel's back. No. They aren't beholden to anything. They ARE terrorists. We need to start being real. They're making their moves now.
Yeah I fully consider the Republican party a domestic terrorist organization. That's precisely what they are.
The ones who aren't actively trying to overthrow the current govt and install a theocratic leader are 100% on-board with letting others do the dirty work.
They're the trashy mafia with better marketing
There was a time when you could make this argument.
In 2024, these are nazis voting for nazis who are running on nazi platforms using nazi language.
There is no compassion to be had for nazis. There is no "durr they say the same about you durr." a vote for Trump is a vote for somebody whose key rally talking point is now that I must be eliminated for disagreeing with him. I never said that about them - and I still don't - but I AM aware that they are voting for the elimination of those they disagree with and will feel no remorse for defending myself against those who wish to eliminate me. It is NOT extremist or "radical" to expect or prepare for the people who can't shut up about killing me to try to kill me.
It's the majority in their ranks.
They could either lose elections or move towards the middle, or court far right extremists. They chose the latter and I have no pity for them. The House shows pretty clearly the party is falling apart.
It's not a minority these days. This is the mainstream Republican party.