This right here:
Justin Stapley
@JustinWStapley
The Republican Party party isn't dead. But as a national brand, it is on life support. Its share of support among voters across the country has shrunk every election cycle for nearly a decade. Even when all electoral factors are pointing toward Republican success, voters are crawling over broken glass to vote for increasingly radicalized Democrats. And we all know who's to blame, no matter how much Republican voters want to deny it.
Trump and Trumpism are not only among the most toxic political brands in American history, but the Republican Party under his control has grown hostile to good candidates, to measured dialogue, and to simple tests of sanity and logic. It has opened wide the gate to literally insane and unhinged people, who dabble in conspiracy, anti-semitism, election denialism, and political kookery.
In today's GOP, if you have expertise, are well-learned, have deep intellectual roots, and have a past that demonstrates you aren't batshit crazy, your political portfolio is a liability, not a strength. But you can say and do whatever you want so long as you hold the Trumpian line. You will be defended.
This isn't sustainable, and we can see the inevitable results. Americans aren't having it. They're done. When it comes to Trump, Republicans now have only one choice: move on or die.
8:43 AM · Nov 8, 2023
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