Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
20 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

Gore1FL

(21,152 posts)
3. I can't give Republicans a pass--even if they oppose Trump.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:27 AM
Jan 2018

She was fine with building the environment that created a Trump presidency. She may hate it, and I can applaud her for that, but she helped make it possible. In that there is no "gotta love" from me.

madaboutharry

(40,221 posts)
5. I disagree with your theory.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:32 AM
Jan 2018

There are decent people who are republicans. Making half the country the enemy hurts the nation as a whole. Are a lot of republicans assholes? Absolutely, many are. But to dismiss anyone with a different opinion is a level of intolerance that helps no one.

Gore1FL

(21,152 posts)
7. GOP Strategists "Built this". Navarro is a GOP strategist.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:12 AM
Jan 2018

I can be thrilled that she opposes Trump, but it was her and those like her who gave us this.

Remorse is great, but she is still at fault.

JI7

(89,274 posts)
9. no, it was NOT Navarro. she even criticized Romney for not doing enough to reach out
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:18 AM
Jan 2018

and Romney did not run on a bigoted platform.

she is not to blame.

white supremacists are not the fault of a latina woman.

Gore1FL

(21,152 posts)
13. Let me state it more plainly, because people don't seem to be able to grok this,
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:00 PM
Jan 2018

The GOP started down this path to Trump beginning in the 1990s. Everyone who pushed the GOP's lying, cheating, divisive agenda from that time on brought us to this place in time.

There may be worse people, but she carried the water, too. While it may be ironic that a Latina woman has helped usher in white supremacists, she supported the political agenda that normalized them.

Fuck her.

Gore1FL

(21,152 posts)
15. And her desire to support those who most spread it makes her suck.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 03:34 PM
Jan 2018

It's a little hard to feel sympathy for the hate she pushed when she helped the GOP agenda that leveraged it.

She knew what she was doing and didn't care until it affected her. While I am thrilled that she has awoken from this, she is no hero.




Gore1FL

(21,152 posts)
18. No but the GOP empowerment of racism was aided by her.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 04:01 PM
Jan 2018

Are you being intentionally obtuse or am I simply explaining this badly?

Let's take it step by step and you give me the step number that you disagree with.

1> Since at least the early 1990s, GOP strategists have leveraged the outrage of the far right. (The people Clinton referred to as "deplorables. " )

2> Each time the GOP utilized that leverage, they increasingly empowered their extreme fringes.

3> As the GOP began filling seats in the various branches of our state and local governments, the laws passed and court decisions made reflected those fringe values.

4> Those fringe laws and legal decisions set the table for a Donald Trump.

4> Ana Navarro helped to fill those seats.

5> Now, after happily electing extremists (or at least those who would cater to them) she's said because it't now affecting her.

6> Fuck her and any other GOP strategist who took us to the point of Trump.

Gore1FL

(21,152 posts)
20. No shit!
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 04:48 PM
Jan 2018

I expect you are being intentionally obtuse, so there really isn't a point in me further explaining the obvious.

Have a nice day.

Boomerproud

(7,965 posts)
8. She will never come over no matter what.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:18 AM
Jan 2018

I appreciate her passion, but at her heart she is still a Reagan idolator and that will never change.

IluvPitties

(3,181 posts)
11. It can happen.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:20 AM
Jan 2018

Her party rejects her. They think she comes from a shithole, hence that she is also shit. That's probably in her head and soul right now. She voted for Clinton, so I do have hope for her.

JI7

(89,274 posts)
10. i don't think we need her on our side in terms of party. i think being on the side of decency
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:20 AM
Jan 2018

is what matters and that's where she is in opposing and strongly speaking out against trump.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
17. Someone should tell her...
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 03:47 PM
Jan 2018

...that there's a whole party dedicated to things that are more or less the opposite of Trumpism.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Ana Navarro is on CNN wea...