So, can we finally stop hoping Republicans will act in the best interest of the country?

[SKKY]

There are no more Reagan or Bush Republicans. They are all now Trump Republicans. Barr's press conference just proved that.

[Sherman A1]

1. When did we hope that?

It does not take a rocket scientist to conclude that wasn’t going to happen.

[uponit7771]

2. Stopped thinking that when they went full voter suppression just didnt think they'd go full tratitor

[doompatrol39]

3. Who do you mean by "we"?

If you mean most reasonable people who are viewing this in real time and have been paying attention for the past 20 years? That "we" has stopped thinking that years ago.

If you mean far too many elected Democrats who hold actual power? I've given up expecting that too happen. Too many are still stuck in the past and worried about "norms" and civility and comity and what folks like David Brooks think.

Just when I think I couldn't get more hopeless about our situation and who we are relying on to defend us, I get surprised more and more each day.

[dlk]

4. You're Assuming Reagan and Bush Always Acted in the Best Interest of the Country

The Republican RICO party has evolved into shoving their criminality into all our faces. What used to happen largely behind closed doors is now being played out right in front of us. It's a new day in America.

[Raster]

6. to paraphrase the Raygun*... it's mourning in America.

[FoxNewsSucks]

8. That might be the worst thing of all,

Republicons have been criminal scumbags and traitors for decades.

They have learned how to get away with more and more, and no longer need to waste time hiding it. That realization is scary.

[Raster]

5. YES! And if the truth were truly known, the Raygun* and Bush* rethuglicans* didn't necessarily...

...act in the best interests of the country. They had their own nasty bits, war crimes, lies, deceptions. But the tRump* rethugs* are in a noxious and toxic class all by themselves. The rank, sour smell of treason permeates them all.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Who's "we"? I gave up that hope with Watergate.

Reagan/Bush GOPers kept making things worse after that.

[dlk]

9. Following Watergate, Republican Set Out to Make Sure it Never Happened Again

The RICO Republicans took active measure to ensure they would never get caught again and if they did, it wouldn't matter because the watchdogs would have been put to sleep.