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“Wake up, Republicans. Your party stands for all the wrong things now.”

I agree with the contemporary analysis of the GOP here, but the history seems off. washingtonpost.com/opinions/wake-…
This passage especially took me up short. Remember 2004 when battling gay marriage was a central GOP talking point? Or Sarah Palin’s entire 2008 persona that was just policy-free distilled white rage?
The author seems to be following in the footsteps of Max Boot who put forward a similar narrative about a once principled and inclusive party suddenly taken over by Trump’s exclusionary nastiness.
The author of that piece actually lived that history from the inside. I look forward to reading their book about the transformation of the GOP as they saw it. I’m just saying, lots of people saw this coming a long time ago.
Here’s a good thread with a fuller critique of the piece.
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Interesting story about the rift within one campus Republican Club between the alt-right and those not willing to go *that* far right. What's happening in the GOP grassroots (esp. w/ younger folks) is indicative of where the party is headed. dailykos.com/stories/2020/1…
Here's a thread where I develop this line of reasoning vis a vis the GOP grassroots. As evidenced by how easily an incompetent Trump took over the party, it clearly has no leadership structure able to maintain much discipline. No guardrails at all.
Thanks to @ec_blueearbooks for clueing me in to this article.
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The Trump brand staged a successful hostile takeover of the GOP. Why is this surprising to anyone?
For a family of grifters, this is the ultimate grift. You’re above the law, and you can divert significant portions of the nation’s massive resource flows into your pockets and those of your powerful friends and defenders. Why would they ever give that up?
Who would spend decades building a cult of personality around their name, and then just walk away from the kleptocratic gold mine that lay at the end of that path?
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