Leonard Pitts: Republicans are no longer a party--they're a cult

[Poiuyt]

Speaking with host Joy Reid, Pitts appeared alternately amused and appalled and said some Trump boosters have ‘literally” become part of a cult.

With host Reid asking about the Republican voter poll that showed 53 percent stating Trump is the “better” president, Pitts could only shake his head — and suggest he’d like to bang it against a wall.

“Is there a brick wall I can bang my head against a few times?” he asked with a smile. “I think I need a brick wall before I answer. I haven’t heard of that poll, but it sort of speaks further to the delusionary aspect of the Republican Party right now. This is not a party, this is a cult and it has been a cult for a long time and it wasn’t just this Abraham Lincoln quote.”

“I’m not being rhetorical,” he continued. ” I mean that literally, that there is a very cultlike aspect to what we’re seeing going on with Trump. Particularly in the aspect of Trump is he who must not be questioned and all of his idiocies, and all of his incompetencies, all of his mendacities must be explained in the framework of him being infallible.”

“In other words, if you see him being wrong, it’s not he’s being wrong, it’s he’s being so right that it’s beyond your puny ability to understand,” Pitts explained. “When he tweeted himself out with Rocky’s body, I feel like for a lot of his base, they’re like, that’s how they really see him when they see him — that’s what they see.”

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[Orrex]

1. Well, no shit.

They've been a cult for at least several years now.

Decades, if you include their insane Reagan worship.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Just acting like any good fascist would...

[dustyscamp]

3. Duh

[sop]

4. How else would the party primarily representing the wealthy and corporate interests convince

millions of poor and working class voters to support an agenda that devastates them economically? You really have to give them credit. Republicans have figured out how to cobble together an effective electoral majority using these cult tactics.

[GoCubsGo]

5. I'm glad people are finally stating what's been obvious for years.

Not that it will change anything.

[dchill]

6. When the Koolaid is served, they will drink it.

Documentaries will be made.

[Poiuyt]

9. I know what you're referring to, but it will be interesting to see how

historians portray the current republican party and how they've rolled over for the most corrupt president in our history.

[murielm99]

7. Leonard Pitts,

my favorite columnist.

[riversedge]

8. Particularly in the aspect of Trump is he who must not be questioned and all of his idiocies, and al

It really has come to this. Those who question him are bullied to their face or #cyberbullied. And his cult fans play along, day after day!

'Particularly in the aspect of Trump is he who must not be questioned and all of his idiocies, and all of his incompetencies, all of his mendacities must be explained in the framework of him being infallible.”