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The Republican Party Killed Itself
American Thinker ^ | January 14,2021 | By J.B. Shurk

Posted on 01/14/2021 6:48:53 PM PST by Hojczyk

For anyone not residing in D.C., that was the obvious lesson of 2016. Over four years later, too many elected representatives still haven't figured that out. Washington Republicans have worked tirelessly to make President Trump go away, and they have done so at great cost to the future of the Republican Party. When Republican leaders constantly countermand the voters of their own party, many voters would rather destroy the party and start from scratch than reward the very people who seem to hate them most.

If the Mitt Romneys, Paul Ryans, Ben Sasses, or any of the other consistent NeverTrump naysayers who all predicted the worst from Trump's presidency had any professional credibility, they would recognize how repeatedly wrong they have been about their doom-and-gloom predictions for five years. That they have only doubled and tripled down on their hatred for President Trump while, in Senator Romney's case, astonishingly turning potential Biden family financial crimes into a Trump impeachment has only made them (and, by extension, their Republican colleagues) increasingly repugnant to ordinary Republican voters.

It is difficult to pull the lever for the Republican members of a legislative body that stubbornly refuses to understand why voters elected President Trump and how the president has succeeded for those voters despite the intractable efforts at sabotage by NeverTrump Republicans in Congress. It is hard to imagine ever supporting members of a political party who see ordinary Americans protesting for free and fair elections as a greater threat to the Union than their own totalitarian colleagues pushing censorship and socialism in the halls of Congress.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 01/14/2021 6:48:53 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

The larger part of it that is uniparty did.

The small part that wasn’t, did not.


2 posted on 01/14/2021 6:50:23 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Hojczyk
It is difficult to pull the lever for the Republican members of a legislative body that stubbornly refuses to understand why voters elected President Trump and how the president has succeeded for those voters despite the intractable efforts at sabotage by NeverTrump Republicans in Congress. It is hard to imagine ever supporting members of a political party who see ordinary Americans protesting for free and fair elections as a greater threat to the Union than their own totalitarian colleagues pushing censorship and socialism in the halls of Congress.

The author can say that again. And the Ryans and Romneys and Sasses... with Republican such as they, who needs Democrats?

3 posted on 01/14/2021 6:53:24 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Hojczyk

Kill it!!!!! Put it out of it’s misery!!!
They’re worthless & weak!!!
Did I mention they are worthless!!


4 posted on 01/14/2021 6:54:57 PM PST by bantam
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To: Hojczyk

Thanks to the GOPe this year, my political calculus is an easy problem to figure out: Democrats in DC want to destroy the GOP base. Republicans in DC want to help them. No reason to vote for Republicans going to DC.


5 posted on 01/14/2021 6:56:06 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Hojczyk

Yup I agree 100%


6 posted on 01/14/2021 6:56:21 PM PST by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: Hojczyk

Like a deer in the headlights after impact laying there in convultions not knowing what just hit them.

You know the answer....

And no. Thats not a dog whistle for violence. But it is for a PEACEFUL overthrow.


7 posted on 01/14/2021 7:01:02 PM PST by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Sorry, the GOP is compromised and begin redemption. We need to start a new party free from the malign influence of current members of GOP leadership.


8 posted on 01/14/2021 7:01:41 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: BradyLS
"Thanks to the GOPe this year, my political calculus is an easy problem to figure out: Democrats in DC want to destroy the GOP base. Republicans in DC want to help them. No reason to vote for Republicans going to DC."

Same here. Done voting for anyone at the national level. Working for Texas to become very independent.

9 posted on 01/14/2021 7:03:02 PM PST by precisionshootist
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To: Hojczyk

Whig Party. We need a new party - combination Tea party and MAGA Party.


10 posted on 01/14/2021 7:03:04 PM PST by richardtavor ( )
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To: Hojczyk

Both parties were caught with lobbyist spoons in their mouths.
We now know how it works.
Tax money in, aid money out.
Some comes back.


11 posted on 01/14/2021 7:03:36 PM PST by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable )
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To: BradyLS
"Thanks to the GOPe this year, my political calculus is an easy problem to figure out: Democrats in DC want to destroy the GOP base. Republicans in DC want to help them. No reason to vote for Republicans going to DC."

I totally agree. Voting for the GOP is like sticking your hand in a running blender - injurious, painful, and insane.

12 posted on 01/14/2021 7:04:52 PM PST by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns is are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: patriot torch

Well said .


13 posted on 01/14/2021 7:05:26 PM PST by katykelly
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To: hadaclueonce

Trump has given us all 20/20 vision. The great awakening. Never knew how incredibly bad it was if not for trump exposing it all.


14 posted on 01/14/2021 7:06:11 PM PST by Phillyred
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To: Hojczyk

We don’t need to destroy the republican party...We just need to get rid of the scum who are in the republican party...80 MILLION VOTERS FOR TRUMP......GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND FIND OUT HOW TO RUN FOR CONGRESS...!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had all ages,colors and genders voting for Trump....If you don’t work to save your country,don;t bitch about your country being destroyed,....ANNNNNND age is no barrier.......Don’t say you’re too old...


15 posted on 01/14/2021 7:06:49 PM PST by Hambone 1934 (When will the dems turn the US into Venezuela????)
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To: Phillyred

I call him President Red Pill.


16 posted on 01/14/2021 7:08:26 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Secret Agent Man

yes


17 posted on 01/14/2021 7:08:30 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Hojczyk
RIP GOP.

Long live the MAGA Party!

18 posted on 01/14/2021 7:08:55 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: Hambone 1934

the GOP is dead to Americans. DEAD.

Sharks and hippos are safer.
Democrats are more honest.
Death offers more opportunities.


19 posted on 01/14/2021 7:09:03 PM PST by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced" )
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To: bantam
Kill it!!!!! Put it out of it’s misery!!!

That's exactly what the demonrats hope will happen. With a split conservative party the rats will win easily in 2024 and forward. The GOP needs to be reformed and strengthened. The weak RINOs need to be primaried,

20 posted on 01/14/2021 7:09:46 PM PST by eeriegeno
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