We don’t, though. 
Multiparty competition? Yes.
A robust opposition? Yes.
A strong iteration of the Republican Party, in particular, as one of major U.S. parties? Heck no.
A robust opposition? Yes.
A strong iteration of the Republican Party, in particular, as one of major U.S. parties? Heck no.
To say we “need a strong Republican Party” implies an unwarranted comfort with the GOP as it is. In a democratic system, people who reject the legitimacy of political participation by others — who reject the right of election victors to govern — cannot be trusted with power.
https://twitter.com/tzimmer_history/status/1436396772771893253
It’s an emblematic failure of imagination, really — an inability to disambiguate “democracy needs a healthy competition among parties” from a clear appreciation of the Republican Party as it is.
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