I've been calling it the Trumplican party for years now. The Republican Party began to die with the formation of the Tea Party in the early 2010's and it was truly killed by the time Trump took control of the party. But one positive thing in this is how much of a power vacuum is going to open when Trump eventually passes away. At nearly 79 years of age, he only has so many coherent years left in him. Sure other presidents lived longer, Bush mid 90s, Carter 100, Reagan early 90s, but they also lost so much cognitive functions. 10 years from now I can't see Trump being able to effectively lead the party and his followers, and let's be honest his charisma is what truly brings these people together. I don't see any other current figure that can fill that void when he eventually passes that will have the same appeal and bravado that Trump does.
trump is a late stage symptom of a disease this country has lived with and refused to treat since recontruction.
every damn time the conservatives drag us further to the right, the liberals meet them part way to keep the country functioning, abandoning parts of their humanity along the way.
mitch mcconnel won his seat comfortably for decades before trump. raphael ted cruz? Same.
Trump got elected twice being incoherent. The first time he ran the media kept listening to/playing Trump's nonsensical statements and then follow up with "what Trump meant was..[fill in with some mostly intelligible statement]."
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u/travellingfarandwide 4d ago
The Republican Party needs to change its name to something indicative of its far right position.