The GOP has maneuvered themselves into a trap decades in the making and now they're stuck.
They kept empowering the racists, the homophobes and the most degenerate part of their party and called them the base. Trump was the inevitable result.
They're stuck with him now.
What passed for the adults in the GOP have all been run out of the party because they weren't sufficiently racist or anti-gay enough. All that's left is the worst of the worst and they're the ones in charge.
It's the party of Trump, Marge Greene, Ted Cruz and the Freedom Caucus.
The legislators, operators and professionals are gone.
Republicans are fucked.
You're free not to believe that but stay tuned.
What's left of the "normies" in the GOP are desperately hoping that the DOJ does what they can't and get rid of the Trump problem but.... they're stuck.
No candidate can truly disavow him. The base will not leave him or forsake him. And no one else scratches the itch.
Enjoy.
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"Democrats are bad at messaging" is the excuse that people too sorry to simply pay attention to the obvious use to cover up the fact they're willfully lazy and uninformed. The media plays on this mindset and....here we are.
Case in point: 🦝 Stephen A Smith says we need a new President? Based on what? Policy? Smith can't name five policies of the Biden administration but his ignorant statements will get maximum exposure and stupid idiots will take them seriously.
How is that a failure of Dems?
And we see this consistently. People believe the horseshit on CNN, Fox and yes, MSNBC and refuse to think for themselves or watch with a critical eye.
That's not on Democrats. Too many people are just fuckin lazy.
Cable news shows and the Sunday politics shows book who they want to book and amplify who they want to amplify.
Think about that when you criticize Democratic messaging and selling their agenda.
There's a reason the networks are all over it when Always On Camera does a hair flip but act like Lauren Underwood doesn't exist even though the latter is a much more effective legislator (sorry stans the receipts are what they are)
Okay since I am in the mood to start some shit today.
David Hogg is a phony.
Yes I said it.
Y'all gotta quit coddling this loud and wrong clout chaser spreading lies and disinformation.
Let that boy get the smoke he so clearly asks for.
I can empathize with what Hogg and his classmates went through while recognizing that the way this kid is moving and tweeting ain't it.
He's using his platform to demonize and kneecap Democrats and it's legitimate to wonder why.
But y'all gotta quit babying this kid.
I mean David Hogg is dragging Dems so I think it's fair to ask if he's okay with Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio being re elected? Because I assume that since he hates Dems he's not lifting a finger to help the campaigns of Val Demings or Charlie Crist...so what are we doing here?
I'ma say some things. Some of y'all won't like them.
I don't give a fuck. We don't have time for this phony outrage and bullshit over Democrats asking for campaign donations. We need to protect the House and expand the majority in the Senate.
Here we go.
In order for someone to assume an elected office they have to campaign for it.
Campaigns cost money and the higher up the food chain you go the more expensive the race will get.
(And if you're pissed about that thank SCOTUS because they gave us Citizens United)
Let's continue
Unless you only want millionaires and billionaires who can self fund ala Michael Bloomberg candidates are going to have to fundraise and solicitations are a (admittedly annoying) part of that. But Republicans don't seem to have an issue with this.... Wonder why.
It's not that simple and you know it. This is ridiculously irresponsible. For a leader of a Democratic caucus to be feeding this nonsense is beyond the pale.
If you're tweeting about expanding the Supreme Court without explaining everything that that it's going to require from this point forward you're just engaging in goalpost shifting, responsibility shirking bullshit.
Again.... there's no easy button kids.
Protecting democracy doesn't work like Instacart or Uber Eats. Sorry but it doesn't.
You can cry about being scolded by "Blue MAGA" all you want but reality is what it is. Accept it or don't but this shit is tiresome.