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Why We Should Never Forgive the GOP
Or their supporters.
If Democrats and Independents do not bring swift legal action against the criminals in the Republican Party and eradicate the corruption in their ranks, the next fascist, racist candidate will be worse — and we may not be lucky enough to escape.
Make no mistake, there will be a GOP candidate in 2024, and this one won’t be a National Review reading, intellectual conservative who appeals to moderates. This will be Beelzebub’s brother-in-law embracing the confederate flag-waving white supremacists who flocked to Trump’s hate rallies. They will be so far right, they will make Biden look like a progressive.
Understand that the Republican Party is no longer populated by those who invoke the Elysium ideals of the past such as smaller government and fiscal responsibility. There will be no pretense of “reaching across the aisle” or reasoned debate, no attempt to hide their naked avarice, and no mercy for the rest of us.
The face of the GOP is no longer a respectable Ronald Reagan, but a snarling Donald Trump and his Qanon “fuck your feelings” clown show. The GOP’s unwillingness to speak out against their destruction and abuses mean they own it. The Party’s leadership — the inner circle that convinced Richard Nixon to resign over Watergate — could not convince Trump to concede an…
