The GOPs Dangerous Pattern of Putting Party Over Country

[sheshe2]

When Donald Trump blasted Barack Obama for not doing more to stop the Russians from attacking the integrity of the 2016 presidential election, he did something he may soon regret. As a result of his tweet, I hope that something that has not gotten enough attention finally will: Mitch McConnell’s standing idly by while America was attacked.

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We will never know whether it would have made a difference if Obama had told the nation we were under attack. What we do know, however, is that there is a clear pattern of behavior on the part of Republicans who decide against doing the right thing for the nation when doing so comes in conflict with what benefits the GOP.

I’m not talking about policy differences, like whether the Republicans should have supported the Affordable Care Act (a law that has improved the lives of millions). I’m talking about objectively clear and historically pivotal moments in which the GOP literally chose party over country. McConnell’s inaction while the Russians attacked the integrity of the presidential election is a feature of the modern Republican Party, not a bug.

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During the first year of the Obama administration, when it was agonizingly clear that if Congress did not stimulate the economy with a colossal nearly $1 trillion spending package the economy could head towards a second Great Depression, House Republicans told the newly inaugurated president that he was on his own.


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Party over Country. Bring them down.

[malchickiwick]

1. THIS!! EXACTLY!! Thank you for posting!

Kickity-rec.

[sheshe2]

2. Thanks mal.

[guillaumeb]

3. A feature since 1968.

Nixon actively colluded/committed treason with N. Vietnam to prolong the war so he could run as the candidate with a plan.

Reagan did the same with Iran.

Trump did the same with Russia.

Recommended.

[sheshe2]

4. Patterns. nt