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marylandblue

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7. I am not shaken or surprised, this is what Trump's 2016 success meant.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Dec 11, 2020, 11:43 AM

Dec 2020

Once he became the front runner in the primary, the signal was clear. A significant portion of the Republican base are authoritarian followers and the authoritarian leaders in the GOP will be empowered. Winning the primary and then the election only meant that their inevitable grab for full power moved that much closer. Today is the day for that power grab, which they will lose, but they will try again. They can't help themselves, it's in their nature.

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Something is seriously wrong with our democracy that these elected leaders, who know better, are ... [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2020 OP

Republicanism has always been defined by concentrated power... zaj Dec 2020 #1

Something is seriously wrong with the republican party, not democracy Walleye Dec 2020 #2

When Marc Elias says he's worried...we all should be. As he said not that they will win but Thekaspervote Dec 2020 #3

I was just commenting on another thread that for some reason the failure of Mike 03 Dec 2020 #4

this is exactly the point to make. We can not just brush off these acts as politics. Thomas Hurt Dec 2020 #5

GOP is the party of hypocrisy Pantagruel Dec 2020 #6

I am not shaken or surprised, this is what Trump's 2016 success meant. marylandblue Dec 2020 #7

YEP! Lokee11 Dec 2020 #10

This is one of the reasons why I fought so hard for Hillary in 2016 StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #11

Everyone in democratic leadership should read this. CrispyQ Dec 2020 #12

As Steve Schmidt says they're only one more election away from ending the USA fearnobush Dec 2020 #8

We're always only one election away from anything. StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #9