Tag: Republican values
GOP Candidate Tells Daughters to ‘Enjoy It’ If Raped
“I tell my daughters, ‘Well, if rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it.’”
— Robert Regan (R), who is favored to win a seat in the Michigan House reports the Washington Post. One of Regan’s daughters urged voters not to elect him to office two years ago.
It’s Trump’s GOP
“The Republicans haven’t lost their way. They have, instead, found it. And it has led them straight toward unabashed white supremacy and fascism.”
— Mary Trump
More Republicans Approved than Disapproved of Storming the Capitol
45%
A new YouGov poll found that 45% of Republican voters approved of the storming of the U.S. Capitol, while 43% opposed it.
Just 27% of Republicans think this action should be considered a threat to democracy, with 68% saying otherwise.
The Real Republican Platform Is too Scary to Publish
David Frum has a brilliant piece in the Atlantic that outlines in 13 points the actual platform of the Republican Party and explains why the GOP won’t be rolling it out during its convention. It’s red meat for a minority and too scary and cynical for a majority of Americans.
The points are all discoverable in the behavior of Republican politicians and the titular head of the party — Donald Trump. We’ve seen them implemented over the past 3.5 years on the border, in the environment, on Capitol Hill, in the White House and on the Supreme Court.
No Morals, No Problem, No Platform
Trump’s spent his first term shunning traditions and breaking norms,
This week during the GOP convention, he’ll misdirect and misinform.
Like their Commander-In-Chief,
The GOP holds no political beliefs.
So whatever Donald Trump says and does … why, that’ll be their platform!
O, Illusive Impeachment!
Trump’s impeachment trial has been full of moments teachable,
Though agreement on high crimes and misdemeanors seems unreachable.
But out of the rhetorical profusion
Comes one Republican conclusion:
That nothing Donald Trump has done, is doing or may do is impeachable.
So Now being a Republican Means Being an ‘Ever Trumper’
“If you are a Republican today, you are a strong supporter of Donald Trump. He has a greater degree of support within his party than any Republican president has ever had since they started polling.”
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— GOP pollster Frank Luntz, in an interview with PBS Newshour, on what it means to be a Republican today.
GOP’s Dangerous Attack on Democracy
“These power grabs highlight one of the most disturbing facts about American politics today: The Republican Party has become institutionally indifferent to the health of democracy. It prioritizes power over principle to such an extreme degree that it undermines the most basic functioning of democracy. … In the long run, the GOP’s turn against democracy could well be a greater threat to the American experiment than anything President Trump has done.”
— Zack Beauchamp
The Silent Republicans
As the Trump bulldozer buries the weak,
And havoc and chaos he continues to wreak,
Where are the disciples
Of Republican principles,
And why don’t they stand up and speak?
