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Trump is today disowned as an aberration
In truth he is the culmination of how the US Right has been going for years https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/us-dc-capitol-riots-donald-trump-republican-party
Trump is today disowned as an aberration
In truth he is the culmination of how the US Right has been going for years https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/us-dc-capitol-riots-donald-trump-republican-party
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Pence, McConnell and Cruz disown him now
But they backed him for years before this week
And they backed him as he sort to subvert the election
They are not friends of democracy
They can't blame a mob for rejecting a democratic outcome which they have also rejected
Pence, McConnell and Cruz disown him now
But they backed him for years before this week
And they backed him as he sort to subvert the election
They are not friends of democracy
They can't blame a mob for rejecting a democratic outcome which they have also rejected
3.
If there was a viable conservative alternative to Trump's madness, why was there no challenge for the nomination?
Kindest verdict is cowardice: fear of being crushed within the party
But it's worse than that
Truth is the Republicans have long been enemies of democracy
If there was a viable conservative alternative to Trump's madness, why was there no challenge for the nomination?
Kindest verdict is cowardice: fear of being crushed within the party
But it's worse than that
Truth is the Republicans have long been enemies of democracy
4.
The "movement conservative" alliance of chauvinists, social reactionaries and plutocrats was first forged in the mid-1960s, which were—not coincidentally—the years of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts.
The "movement conservative" alliance of chauvinists, social reactionaries and plutocrats was first forged in the mid-1960s, which were—not coincidentally—the years of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts.
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The fit was often awkward—obvious tensions between “might of right” racists, religious zealots and wealthy libertarians—but all could agree on the need to push back against the “progressive” consequences of a fully-enfranchised America.
The fit was often awkward—obvious tensions between “might of right” racists, religious zealots and wealthy libertarians—but all could agree on the need to push back against the “progressive” consequences of a fully-enfranchised America.
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The “movement” is a rear-guard action against democracy, and while it has not always been in charge, it has set the frame for American politics since at least 1980.
The “movement” is a rear-guard action against democracy, and while it has not always been in charge, it has set the frame for American politics since at least 1980.
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Reagan was a skilled politician operating in a society whose demographics made white majoritarian politics a lot more plausible than today's America, so the Republicans could cheerfully respect—or appear to respect—the ground-rules of an American democracy that let them win
Reagan was a skilled politician operating in a society whose demographics made white majoritarian politics a lot more plausible than today's America, so the Republicans could cheerfully respect—or appear to respect—the ground-rules of an American democracy that let them win
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But under the surface there was always vote suppression and gerrymandering
But under the surface there was always vote suppression and gerrymandering
W Bush is now an amiable elder statesman
But he rode to power on movement conservatism
He drummed up protests against allowing votes to continue being counted in Florida
Conservative judges used dubious reasoning to do just that
But he rode to power on movement conservatism
He drummed up protests against allowing votes to continue being counted in Florida
Conservative judges used dubious reasoning to do just that
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Having entered 21st Century manoeuvring to stop votes being counted, the party continued in the same anti-democratic vein
It lost the pop vote in 7 of last 8 Pres elections & instead sought power thru partisan judges, procedural skullduggery & Senators form empty states
Having entered 21st Century manoeuvring to stop votes being counted, the party continued in the same anti-democratic vein
It lost the pop vote in 7 of last 8 Pres elections & instead sought power thru partisan judges, procedural skullduggery & Senators form empty states
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So when a mob rejects a fair election & storms the citadel of American democracy it is not down to “one man” I
It is down to a movement which long ago gave up on, in a the greatest Republican's phrase, “government of the people”
So when a mob rejects a fair election & storms the citadel of American democracy it is not down to “one man” I
It is down to a movement which long ago gave up on, in a the greatest Republican's phrase, “government of the people”
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Too harsh on ALL Republicans? @Freedland @anneapplebaum @fromTGA @mrjamesob @garyyounge @Dahlialithwick @martinkettle @EdwardGLuce @WomaninHavana @JMPSimor
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/us-dc-capitol-riots-donald-trump-republican-party
Too harsh on ALL Republicans? @Freedland @anneapplebaum @fromTGA @mrjamesob @garyyounge @Dahlialithwick @martinkettle @EdwardGLuce @WomaninHavana @JMPSimor
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/us-dc-capitol-riots-donald-trump-republican-party
Aside from US Republicans how brave of Zuck with his Facebook ban & Bo “completely wrong” Jo to notice something less than tip-top about Trump ... when he’s less than 2 weeks from oblivion
