Faun
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LOLThey've got most state houses and governorships, SCOTUS, half the Senate and increased their share of the House. More than that, they still have Trump while the Dems have Biden.Did you see the down-ballot results?Where, pray tell, is this destruction? If he didn't destroy the GOP in 2020 do you think he will in the mid-terms? I think the GOP will take back both houses.I said way back in the beginning of 2016 that if Trump were to get the nomination and actually pull off a win he'd bring long term destruction to the Republican Party. It unfolded exactly as predicted.
Did you read the whole article?
Excerpt:
Was it worth the near-constant embarrassments of an ignorant, dishonest, petulant and puerile president who humiliated our country on the world stage with his gross incompetence and undignified antics?
Was it worth losing any moral or ethical high ground the party could once claim by ignoring or defending a whole catalog of terrible behavior, from multiple allegations of rape to orphaning migrant children, interfering in U.S. elections to inciting violence at the Capitol?
Republicans long ago made the Faustian bargain to put up with all of that in exchange for things they insisted were worth Trump’s many troubles, including tax cuts, conservative judges, moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and more.
But now, as Biden takes office and Democrats take control of Congress, most of those things appear to have been fleeting. Indeed, the short-term sugar high of Trump’s perceived accomplishments is about to come crashing down.
In just the first 10 days of his presidency, Biden has already promised to undo a long list of Trump acts, according to Chief of Staff Ron Klain.
Remember how excited Republicans got when Trump unceremoniously pulled out of the Paris climate accord? Biden can rejoin it without much ceremony, and likely will.
He can also rejoin the Iran nuclear deal that Trump quit in 2017, a move Republicans applauded at the time.
Biden can reverse Trump’s travel ban, which prohibited travel to and from some Muslim-majority countries, a policy Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz insisted had nothing to do with religion or ethnicity but was merely in the “interest of national security.”
As part of his covid-19 relief plan, Biden can rejoin the World Health Organization, and plans to extend eviction and foreclosure restrictions and increase the federal minimum wage.
He’ll overhaul many of Trump’s anti-immigrant policies like family separation, and restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. He can relax the process of applying for extending visas.
Trump was unable to repeal and replace Obamacare, as he promised, but he did manage to chip away at some of its provisions. Biden can restore and strengthen many of those via executive actions.
Yep. I did. And on the morning of November 4th, Republicans woke up to find they dodged a bullet. The previous night should have been the end of their party. Instead, people focused on the main problem and took out the trash (Trump). But, like Republicans always seem to do, instead of finding ways to re-invent their party and start making policy that helps the average worker (you know, to increase their popularity), they chose to be even bigger sycophants and enablers as Trump whining, bitched, moaned, threatened, and sued his way across 6 states trying to get the election overturned. He tries to get GA officials to "find him 11,870 votes". He goes on a war against these so called "RINOs" and anyone he perceives as an enemy on his side of the aisle and costs Republicans the two GA Senate seats and control of the Senate. He encourages and then eggs on a violent insurrection on January 6th. All the while his willing enablers look on in silence or stand with him in solidarity.
All those bullets dodged? All that momentum Republicans gained on 11/3/2020....is GONE. What are they left with? Dr. Suess, Mr. Potato Head...and Brittany Spears!
They have nothing. Trump has succeeded in tearing the party apart. Works for me.![]()
Works for me.
The GOP lost the White House, the House AND the Senate. What exactly are you celebrating? Coming in second place in a two party race?