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Adam Kinzinger declares death of Republican Party
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I wonder what happens to the GOP when Trump dies. It truly is the Trump party now, and the Trump MAGA crowd is absolutely out of touch with reality.
They don't have any consistent or constructive policies, they just hate liberals LGBT and colored people. I seriously hope it's not possible to continue an influential political party just based on that.
Maybe, but that was what inevitably led to Trump. The old GOP created FOX news, and FOX news was created for GOP. It has been based on bigger and bigger lies for at least 50 years now. So there's really no reason to grieve for GOP, the problem is that USA is losing democracy, because they have an idiotic first past the post system, that creates an artificial binary political environment, with no room for nuance.
A lot of the people that vote for them currently have no problems with cognitive dissonance. They'll just continue to vote for whomever Fox says because they're the best shot they have at stopping those evil liberal elites.
I fully expect a short time where the crazies will try their hardest to be Trump, then they'll all eventually fade away.
Yeah. I’m not a big Kinzinger fan, just like I’m not a big fan of Cheney - not the war criminal who needs to be imprisoned but the relatively reasonable one recently ousted by Qultists. But I appreciate they’re able to call it a disgrace and all the rest of it. Like- proof that there are at least some whose life’s work is being stolen by an orange rapist who are reacting within understandable parameters.
It’s a small thing, but I’ll take it.
Honestly I super disappointed in Cheney. Don't get me wrong, I never had much of a positive opinion about him, he was Darth Sidious hiding in the shadows and wielding all the power in the service of evil during the Bush presidency, but I did believe he had some version of family values. When, as a former VP and respected elder of the party, he didn't step up to support and defend his daughter after she became a MAGA target I lost what little positive regard I had for him.
If we're lucky, they all die with him.
I wonder if Don Jr. will be the future after the old man passes. The cult of personality is basically a religion at this point so I wouldn't rule out them voting for anyone of the flesh and blood of their lord and saviour. Maybe Ivanka, but then they'd have to vote for a woman.
It seems like they want to rebuild the monarchy so why not keep it in the family? Makes sense to me.
As much as blood could be an argument, I think Donald himself hates his sons too much for that. To paraphrase Jon Stewart, JD Vance looks like the actor they'd pick to play Don Jr in a biopic
They'll go with someone like Josh "Hauling Ass" Hawley. Or that Cotton guy. Now that they had the crack of donnie, there is no going back to some methadone. Someone else will have to be just as bad, or worse, than donnie.
Looks like Trump is trying to get Vance installed as the heir of the MAGA movement. There seems to be plenty of crazies to take over from Trump.
Ivanka.
No chance. Jared & Ivanka are the two people in that family who are truly wealthy and well connected. They have zero need to fuck up their extremely lucrative grift selling information to the Suadis and influence peddling with Russian proxies by getting involved directly in running for office.
They only have information and influence to peddle because of their connection to their father.