US politics' post-shame era: how Republicans became the party of hate
The Guardian
Republicans were in trouble. Mitt Romney, their US presidential nominee, had been crushed by Barack Obama. The party commissioned an autopsy report that proposed a radical rethink. If we want ethnic minority voters to support Republicans, it said, we have to engage them and show our sincerity.
Ten years after Romneys loss, Republicans are fighting their first election since the presidency of Donald Trump. But far from entering next months midterms as the party of tolerance, diversity and sincerity, critics say, they have shown itself to be unapologetically the party of hate.
Perhaps nothing captures the charge more eloquently than a three-word post that appeared on the official Twitter account for Republicans on the House of Representatives judiciary committee ranking member Jim Jordan on 6 October. It said, simply and strangely: Kanye. Elon. Trump.