Obviously you need a dose of reality. If Hillary takes the oval office and she more than likely will and we more than likely will lose the Senate at the same time, pease explain to me in your infinite non-panic wisdom, who exactly is going to keep her from tilting the SCOTUS to the left and who is going to keep her from granting amnesty and packing this country full of Muslims (terrorists)?? Once those new DEM voters which will increase their voting electorate by several million are registered, exactly how do you think another GOP member is going to win any contest, be it the Senate, House, governorship, State senate or State House, etc.??
Think!
How would a Republican Senate stop her from replacing Supreme Court justices as they retire... in the first place!
(Your claim is a non sequitur, an invalid argument. And thinking that they can just sit on their butts and not vet any candidate is bunk. It's a dereliction of a Senator's duties, which is grounds for recall. They can do it now because of the election, but not for four years.)
This is the consequence of picking a poor candidate in the primary. This issue was brought up then and was dismissed by Trump supporters as a non-issue. Trump supporters cannot claim it now.
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Amnesty is coming, no matter what or who you choose. The bulk of the populace in America will not countenance the deportation of 14 million, nor will they want to pay for it. (the last polls I saw were about 60% for a path to citizenship)
Even if we do nothing, the illegals will become US citizens. For their children, borne in the US, are citizens. And they can file to grant their direct relations US citizenship.
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Packing the US with Muslims? Ha, that's a panic button and not the issue you think it is. Heck, with Putin doing his thing in Syria, that nation might just be reunified come inauguration day, making the whole "Syrian refugee" issue moot.
Futhermore, how *dare* you denigate a keystone of America itself!
The Statue of Liberty has a plaque on it that best sums it up:
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips.
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"You would toss that into the trash because of a religion! It's sickos like that who turned away the St. Louis and condemned 937 Jews to the Nazi ovens. The reason given then was that there might have been Nazi agents in the mix.
Now its 2016, and it's Muslims that we've got to keep out because... "Terrorists!"
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And how do I think the GOP can win elections in the future? The same way political parties have always gone about getting voters to vote for them. By convincing people about their party's benefits.
In the case of conservatism, it's economic message is very appealing, provided you don't scream about how much you hate the people you are trying to attract. Social issues can work as long as the "Christ only" message ends and we go with something like "universal values". For these values aren't Christian specific, but selling it as such makes it seem as if the message is more about proselytizing than winning votes.
Asians, in particular, were trending to the GOP for that economic reason. That is, until the GOP turned away from it's "equal opportunity to strive for success for all" and morphed into a "We hate furreigners! We want government bennies for our voters! Everyone else... 'eff' you!"... ie: around 2010.
Furthermore, Texas showed this works for Hispanics. At least, until Trump and his supporters decided to spit in their eyes. I expect to see a collapse of the Hispanic vote in Texas for the GOP because of it.
In essence, Trump and his ilk have destroyed our chances of getting the votes you're asking about. So, no, Trump supporters don't get to raise the question on an issue they exacerbated.
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The GOP voterbase is shrinking as the demographics of America change. Age is killing off the baby boomers, who make up the largest GOP voter bloc. Unless you get replacements, *nothing* will stop this party from dying.
And in this election cycle, Trump supporters have managed to alienate *EVERY SINGLE VOTING BLOC* outside the one that is dying out! Your solution is to just restrict voting rights, for pete's sake! GOP state lawmakers have been caught on video bragging about it regarding some voter registration laws!
All that does is alienate *MORE* voters as ours continue to die off.
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Thought you guys might like to take a read:
@Luis Gonzalez @Oceander @NavyCanDo @Once-Ler @sinkspur @kevindavis @AbaraXas