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Swede

(33,262 posts)
Fri May 7, 2021, 10:22 AM May 2021

When Trump's Next Coup Happens, the Republican Party Will Fully Support It

Understanding those beliefs is key to following the party through the ongoing purge of Liz Cheney. The party’s middle faction initially sympathized with Cheney’s anger at Trump for his reckless and cringe-inducing effort to goad a mob into storming the Capitol on January 6. Putting Mike Pence’s life in danger is not a stunt any of them take lightly. But now the balance of their anger has tilted against Cheney. She refuses to let this thing go, and she is putting the party’s messaging at risk.


https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trumps-next-coup-cheney-purge-riot-insurrection-democracy.html

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When Trump's Next Coup Happens, the Republican Party Will Fully Support It (Original Post) Swede May 2021 OP
This is spot on. Thank you, Swede, for posting it. CaliforniaPeggy May 2021 #1
Standing in line firing rifled projectiles is not how you resolve disputes. gordianot May 2021 #2
The crazy-wing GQP is a threat to us all FoxNewsSucks May 2021 #3

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,651 posts)
1. This is spot on. Thank you, Swede, for posting it.
Fri May 7, 2021, 10:26 AM
May 2021

So, the message of the republican party is more important than the truth? This is alarming.

gordianot

(15,242 posts)
2. Standing in line firing rifled projectiles is not how you resolve disputes.
Fri May 7, 2021, 10:46 AM
May 2021

For that matter modern weapons will most likely end up in your demise. So the age old human problem is how do you promote your self interests when forcing others to your will will not work. The Republican Party seems to have hit upon a formula. First you lie, then you make up your own rules. Along the way you promote anger. For this to work you have to abandon all reason. We are in the depths of the Second American Civil War and it is asymmetrical.

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