• the_q@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They are letting a twice impeached rapist run for president again while being embroiled in multiple legal battles including trying to overthrow our government.

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      1 year ago

      Not like they have a choice, and that's rather the point. Besides, the GOP doesn't control who runs and who doesn't.

      OTHO, they could have impeached him twice, among 100 other things they could have done to stifle this fucking mess.

      Told my old boss that Trump's election would cause the Republicans to disintegrate. He was genuinely puzzled. I couldn't put my finger on it in 2015, but I still stated it would be the end of the party.

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        1 year ago

        Republican “leaders” could, in fact, do something. They simply choose not to. In almost all cases, they are paid not to, the corrupt human garbage that they are.

        For instance, they could man up and tell Trump to shut his god damn mouth, and stop breaking the law, because these things are unacceptable. Yet they refuse to do so, and continue to provide cover for him.

        And thus, as you predicted 8 years ago, the GOP continues to disintegrate.

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          1 year ago

          Not so simple, is it? Say you hold an R seat, in any given legislature. Polls, and reality, have shown you, over and over again, that to speak against Trump gets you thrown out on your ass.

          Now where are you? What power to you have to make change, affect policy? You're mud. Better to hang in and try to effect change from within. Better than nothing?

          This shit should have been cut off in 2015, with a guillotine. Past that, already too late.

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        1 year ago

        I wasn't referring to just Republicans. Our government is a disgrace… all of it.

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            1 year ago

            That isn't what I'm saying, and not even applicable to the conversation. To be clear, Republicans are far worse than Democrats. I'm saying that even the Democrats aren't doing a good enough job. If you think otherwise then I don't know what to tell you.