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I wonder what happens to the GOP when Trump dies. It truly is the Trump party now, and the Trump MAGA crowd is absolutely out of touch with reality.
They don't have any consistent or constructive policies, they just hate liberals LGBT and colored people. I seriously hope it's not possible to continue an influential political party just based on that.

I won’t hide the fact that I grieve the old GOP

Maybe, but that was what inevitably led to Trump. The old GOP created FOX news, and FOX news was created for GOP. It has been based on bigger and bigger lies for at least 50 years now. So there's really no reason to grieve for GOP, the problem is that USA is losing democracy, because they have an idiotic first past the post system, that creates an artificial binary political environment, with no room for nuance.

Trump didn't do this, he's just one in a long line. If you're mourning the GOP of Trump but longing for the GOP before him...it's the same picture. Just a lot more open about their true beliefs. Feel sorry for the old GOP of Eisenhower if you want to get any credit of missing a different party.

Remember the old GOP that hes grieving is the exact same fucking thing as it is under trump, the only difference was the old GOP knew to hide its evil with flowery and coded language.

The year is 1964. Republicans lose in a historic landslide. Democrats are poised to take full control of the Supreme Court and further entrench their congressional majorities. Pundits predict the end of the GOP and the dawn of a Great Society.

The year is 1976. Republicans are infested with Nixon-era scandal and Democrats are poised to pick up the pieces. Is there any path forward for a broken and humiliated GOP?

The year is 1992. Republicans fumble the Presidency, reversing a near unbroken string of White House victories going back a quarter century. News media questions whether the party can recover from a near endless string of scandals and a soured voter base.

The year is 2008. Republicans are routed from the House and Senate in a historic win for liberal Democrats. The Senatorial supermajority could pave the way for a Green New Deal and a permanent Democrat majority. Is the Republican Party doomed to become a regional rump?

The year is 2020. Turnout for a Presidential election hits a generational peak as Republicans are forced into retirement in droves. With Trump-mania still gripping the party and demographics forcing white nationalists into smaller, more regional minorities, will this spell the end of the Republican Party?

I won’t hide the fact that I grieve the old GOP

Which one? Because every version from Reagan onwards will keep leading right back to where we are today.

He's about four years late

After reading that, this feels far too late for commentary like that. The well has long been poisoned. With all that is going on with the Democrats I guess I could see how we could not be focusing on the populist takeover of the RNC. But its too late, November will be tumultuous no matter what. If Trump loses in November the Trumpets will be razing the streets. The question that bites at my mind is, even if we do win, what happens? They can't run Trump again in 2028 they know that. But they also can't let go of this thing they've created because its been purged of those who didn't swear their fealty to Trump.

His substack was posted before Biden resigned, so the jabs at "resigned to lose" democrats seem outdated now, especially with record grassroots fundraising on day 1 for Harris.

Maybe this helped motivate Joe stepping back in some way though, so maybe it was a good thing to say after all.

The Republican Party hasn’t had serious policy positions since like 1980. And arguably since 1964 but we don’t talk about how it’s been a John Birch society shitshow for so long, that whole grandparents remember it turning into a conspiracy theory driven shitshow.

You're years too late my dude. They've been fucking that corpse for years.

These guys might think they are making statements that set them apart. They joined this shit show not long ago. It's on all their heads, too. I appreciate the now, fuck you and all yours for the before.

It's the GQP now.

I've said this for a while. General conservatism will likely make its way into the Democrats, and the GOP will likely align to populism - like many right-leaning parties have done worldwide.

What many have found is that when the right fails to gather support, they rapidly fall apart because all sides smell blood. The far-right have failed, so conservatives have a route towards taking control while the right claw back power where they can. It's an epic battle where they tear each other apart, because their dear leader is gone and the cult of personality either needs another personality (near impossible, they rarely leave an heir) or a seismic shift that'll take years.

Theyve been dead for over a decade

Here is the substack link

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