
06-14-2023, 12:12 AM
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Republicans have been trying to justify Trump’s actions with a number of excuses: The go-to is talking about Hillary Clinton’s email server. Others point to her husband's sock drawer. Florida Representative Byron Donalds defended the ex-president earlier today on TV, saying that “there are 33 bathrooms at Mar-a-Lago. So don't act like it's just in some random bathroom that the guests can go into,” while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy added that at least “a bathroom door locks.”
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It seems pretty clear that conservatives have lost control of the narrative. “Without concerted action by Republican elites, it’s hard to see how the party pulls out of its anti-democratic spiral,” Francis Wilkinson argues. Millions of MAGA-obsessed people are still willing to praise a man who is routinely labeled as a grifter, liar and a buffoon, and a federal trial will only fuel their fire. “Democracy barely survived Trump’s first term, which ended with his instigating a violent assault to halt the transfer of power to a newly elected government. It’s unlikely it could survive a second round,” Francis writes. At that point, the White House Gift Shop’s inevitable commemorative coin depicting “The END of American Democracy” will be the least of our concerns.
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And let's stop calling these people conservatives, they are traitors to the constitution.
https://archive.is/20230613220425/ht...071.0-4087.261
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The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite. Thomas Jefferson
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