There is No Republican Party

[CousinIT]

https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/there-is-no-republican-party

The golden statue was a bit on the nose. A gleaming idol for the sacreligious worship of Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States and the undisputed, unchallengable leader of the Republican Party.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone, however, as the GOP has lost all subtlety in its dive into the abyss. Metaphors have given way to screaming literalism, a sweaty, desperate, constantly-contradicting, throbbing anger and shameless pursuit of power and wealth. With bloodshot eyes and while holding conservative tomes from yesteryear, this Republican Party will sell every principle they espouse and then do it again just for pennies on the dollar.

This is so disturbing and offputting only because it is the exposure of generations of bad faith and gleeful nihilism that has been hiding under the surface of star-spangled visions of soaring eagles and Sunday picnics in the park. The essence of horror is misplaced trust and comfort. The nap while the killer is just out of the camera’s view. The call coming from inside the house. We have been living with these people, working with these people, at the political and economic mercy of these people, for so very long and now that the mask has slipped there is little to do but wonder how we could have ever felt safe for even a moment.

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Anyone paying even a little attention to the past few years knows there is absolutely no dealing with this group, that there are no principles to be found, no actual agenda beyond deregulating and cutting taxes for the wealthy, and that the body proper of the GOP is a transforming mass that has no purpose or direction other than seeking more and more power.

Frustration with Biden and the Democrats, other than their continued insistence on getting in their own way, mostly centers around a public denial of this undeniable fact, as well as a reluctance to call the Republicans what they are: a political party that reached its ideological conclusion only to continue functioning as a representative of the wealthy and powerful and a burgeoning fascistic threat.


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[SWBTATTReg]

1. Ah, the Golden Calf shows up again! Does anyone else notice the similarity between the Golden

Calf story of Moses and this pathetic statue of rump? Pathetic isn't it? I'll bet that rump behind the scenes loved this statue so much that he secretly grabbed it and put it somewhere on his property, probably in his bedroom...

[DENVERPOPS]

3. I am sure he has considered

Having huge bronze busts of him cast and used to replace every confederate soldier statue that was torn down......

[11 Bravo]

4. Trump doesn't know the story of the Golden Calf. He can, however ...

tell you more than you would ever care to hear about a Golden Shower.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. I got the giggles when I saw your answer, and you're absolutely right! How true. Nt

[Hugh Bloody Bastards]

2. THERE IS ONLY THE TRUMP!

AND THE TRUMP SHALL NOT BE DOUBTED!

[GoodRaisin]

6. They are the Repugnant Party.

Repugnant principles, repugnant people, repugnant agenda, repugnant hypocrisy. The party of shit.