Republican Party going off the rails?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republicans are at a crossroads - and, to paraphrase Woody Allen, they're going to take it

Is this still a Donald Trump-dominated party or will they move away from his polarizing, exclusionary nationalism? The second impeachment trial and acquittal of Trump for inciting the deadly mob assault on the Capitol only intensified this schism.

The sense - hope - of more than a few Republicans that the divisive former president would fade from the political scene was clearly a pipedream - dispelled for good by Trump's vitriolic broadside on Tuesday against Mitch McConnell and his vow to back primary challengers to any Republican official who doesn't toe the Trump line.

Both sides in this internal civil war are threatening to break away if the other dominates. Trump has threatened to start a third party, and a group of never-Trumpers raised the same possibility. I doubt either will occur, but the threats underscore the tensions.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-party-going-off-the-rails/ar-BB1dLJmI?li=BBnb7Kz

It derailed and has been burning ever since Trump took over.

[Harker]

1. Woody Allen? n/t

[machoneman]

2. Going off? Hell, they have been off even before Ronnie Raygun took office.

[Blue Hal]

3. That Ship Has SAILED!

Specifically,

[DesertAuthor]

4. Repubs are DOA

As far as the future of the Republican party goes, the train has done left the station. There are a few insignificant hangeron-ers but no one in the party has any meaningful influence or political power. We're hearing a lot of senseless dialog and rhetoric but it ain't gonna stick to the wall.