The Republican Party in one picture.
These guys 👇never went away.
For the past 5 decades or so, they were shamed into silence.
Trump and the modern GOP unleashed them.
Who are they? Pro-slavery activists from Missouri who traveled to Kansas in the 1850s.
These guys 👇never went away.
For the past 5 decades or so, they were shamed into silence.
Trump and the modern GOP unleashed them.
Who are they? Pro-slavery activists from Missouri who traveled to Kansas in the 1850s.
I've said that as Republican Party hardens into a far-right wing nationalist party, we can expect their numbers to shrink as they get more dangerous.
The shrinking will happen as more people have these moments👇
Listen for the full effect (h/t @joshtpm)
The shrinking will happen as more people have these moments👇
https://twitter.com/BMeiselas/status/1397277442213957632
Listen for the full effect (h/t @joshtpm)
We've all seen this, right?
Mostly our Republican friends and neighbors are enthusiastically embracing the Republican Party as it shows its true colors.
But there is that one or two who always called themselves "conservatives" now backing away, embarrassed by what it is.
Mostly our Republican friends and neighbors are enthusiastically embracing the Republican Party as it shows its true colors.
But there is that one or two who always called themselves "conservatives" now backing away, embarrassed by what it is.
The idea that Confederate ideology never went away was a point of @HC_Richardson's book, How the South Won the Civil War.
If you missed my Book Report, here it is:
The perspective is helpful. We've been fighting the same fight for centuries.
If you missed my Book Report, here it is:
https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1299042356679720960
The perspective is helpful. We've been fighting the same fight for centuries.
I'm stating the obvious here, but the Confederacy was decidedly anti-democratic. So it's really no shock that we one of our two parties is anti-democratic.
There are lots of these guys, and they want a party, too.
There are lots of these guys, and they want a party, too.
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