1) One of the best books I've read analyzing the GOP is @stuartpstevens' 'It Was All a Lie.' Stevens, a former Republican strategist, has come to regret his role in the GOP's current (and consistently bigoted) incarnation. Below are just a few sentence from the book. (Thread)
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1337508807258365953
2) "When any political movement loses all sense of self and has no unifying theory of government, it ceases to function as a collective rooted in thought and becomes more like fans of a sports team." 
3)"Asking the Republican Party today to agree on a definition of conservatism is like asking New York Giants fans to have a consensus opinion on the Law of the Sea Treaty. It’s not just that no one knows anything about the subject; they don’t remotely care."
4) "All Republicans want to do is beat the team playing the Giants. They aren’t voters using active intelligence or participants in a civil democracy; they are fans. Their role is to cheer and fund their team and trash-talk whatever team is on the other side. If your team...
5) suddenly decides to focus on running instead of passing, no fan cares as long as the team wins. Stripped of any pretense of governing philosophy, a political party will default to being controlled by those who shout the loudest and are unhindered by any semblance of normalcy."
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