#g.o.p.

[mrjinx87]

A question I ask myself all the time

[jadeseadragon]

[garudabluffs]

Trump vs. McConnell: Latest round between GOP heavyweights has the highest stakes yet   Feb. 15, 2022 

“The problem is that McConnell is not just dealing with Trump. He is dealing with the realities of the Republican Party that elevated Trump in 2016 and have most of the party's ranks following Trump's lead today.

Any lingering doubts about this can be dispelled by reading the new book by New York Times reporter Jeremy W. Peters, Insurgency: How The Republicans Lost Their Party and Got Everything They Ever Wanted. Peters has been following developments on the American right in the years since the original Tea Party demonstrations in 2009.

+” Peters conveys a keen sense of having been present, not at the creation of this new GOP but for a critical stage of its transformation. His conclusion is that Trump is less a cause of the toxic political climate than he is a product of it. One might add that if Trump is neither the fuel nor the fire, he has surely been a highly effective accelerant. Thanks to him, what had been smoldering in our political culture has burst forth with far greater reach and intensity. “

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Trump vs. McConnell: Latest round between GOP heavyweights has the highest stakes yet                       February 15, 2022

“Republican nominations are up for grabs in at least three states (Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina) where Democrats have a shot at winning this fall.”

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/15/1080407022/trump-vs-mcconnell-latest-round-between-gop-heavyweights-has-the-highest-stakes-

Correction Feb. 15, 2022    In a previous version of this story, we incorrectly said Mitch McConnell is a six-term senator. He is currently serving his seventh term. 

[camewiththeframe]

[profeminist]

Shutting down the govt. when you control all three branches is like losing a football game when you’re the only team on the f*cking field

Also:  

THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON WOMEN AND LGBTQIA+ WON’T STOP UNTIL WE STOP IT. U.S. READERS, REGISTER TO VOTE HERE

[poligraphicdesign]

Fuck You Donald Trump. You racist, know-nothing, illegitimate sack of decomposing shit. You’re a disgrace to the United States of America. 

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[camewiththeframe]

YES

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Trump's Political Journey: Reflections from 2016 to His Second Term

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Trump's Political Journey: Reflections from 2016 to His Second Term