How January 6 changed what it means to be a Republican in one Pennsylvania county

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Jeremy Herb
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I went to Lancaster County, Pa, to try to explain what's happened in politics in the year since 1/6.

What I found: The anger of those who embraced Trump's election lies morphed into grievances over mask mandates and CRT, fueling GOP turnout. My deep dive:

How January 6 changed what it means to be a Republican in one Pennsylvania county
The day after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, three local Republican officials in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County announced they were leaving the GOP.  Among them was Ethan Demme, a lifelong...
cnn.com
6:38 AM · Jan 5, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/politics/jan-6-capitol-riot-lancaster-republicans/index.html

Lancaster, Pa. (CNN)The day after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, three local Republican officials in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County announced they were leaving the GOP.  Among them was Ethan Demme, a lifelong conservative who had previously served as the youngest Republican Party chairman in this deeply red corner of southeast Pennsylvania. 

Disgusted by the denial of the 2020 election and the violence at the Capitol, Demme and his two colleagues sent a joint  letter on January 7 to the county GOP chair saying the party they once knew was "gone and has left us behind."

Twenty miles away, in the northwest corner of the county, Stephen and Danielle Lindemuth had just returned from a daylong bus trip to Washington, where they attended then-President Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally. Rather than turning them off, the events in Washington energized the Lindemuths and sparked a yearlong journey into politics that ended with each being elected to local office.

Both Stephen, a pastor and substitute teacher, and Danielle, a secretary for the church group that organized the January 6 bus trip, won seats in November on the local school board, despite several local Republican officials endorsing their Democratic opponents. Stephen also won his campaign to be an election judge.

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[guillaumeb]

1. Will these disaffected GOP voters change Parties, or simply not vote? eom

[Takket]

2. Good article. Recommended

This article actually touched base with Democrats and their opinions (the women that ran for school board) which is exceedingly rare in the modern media that sees no voters other the drumpf supporters.

So telling that in these lunatic deep red areas that drumpf is so in absolute control that Democrats can get endorsed by rethugs and STILL LOSE.

Democrats need to be prepared to run on CRT in 2022 because the GOP is absolutely beating the non-existent horse. It is insanity.

[TheRealNorth]

3. Democrats need to redefine the CRT bugaboo for what it is....

An attempt by racists to bring back racism and white superiority into public education.