2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRIP GOP? Experts say Trump will be a force of party chaos and division long after the election
RIP GOP? Experts say Trump will be a force of party chaos and division long after the electionby Erin Corbett at Raw Story
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/rip-gop-experts-say-trump-will-be-a-force-of-party-chaos-and-division-long-after-the-election/
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Can the Republican party as we know it survive after the Election? Experts suggest the GOP is seeing an unprecedented level of disunity and chaos, according to ABC News.
No, conservatism and conservative values will never die. The party will never give up its free-market, anti-abortion, evangelical, American exceptionalist ideals. But with Trump, some supporters are moving beyond the party.
There has been a growing divide between the traditional Republican establishment and those who align with the aforementioned principles, and those who openly identify with Trumps violent anti-establishment, white nationalist, misogynistic alt-right movement.
The followers of Trump extremism which perpetuates and legitimizes a narrative of white genocide and white supremacy through its anti-immigrant, anti-black, anti-Muslim, and pro-policing rhetoric extend beyond the Republican partys Reagan era.
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ffr
(22,671 posts)Until then, it's time to target weak republican seats we can pick off. There's time, money and enthusiasm to make it happen.
Get-er-done!
underpants
(182,861 posts)This started when they created their own drama with the Teabaggers. Internal strife was unheard of in the GOP. Then the C-league websites and dens of conspiracy and white nationalism feed micro to these willing recipients.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)they've had with the Xians since Reagan exploited them.
Before then, they were a conservative party that actually resisted religious influence. Goldwater warned about the Xian Bible thumpers and thought they were dangerous and deaf to reason.
One can be conservative without being religious.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)The Geebus freaks are demanding to take the wheel. I'm enjoying their Frankenstein monster uh-oh moment.