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https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-dean-the-republicans-are-now-a-neo-fascist-party?ref=homeThe New Abnormal
Howard Dean: The Republicans Are Now a Neo-Fascist Party
THE NEW ABNORMAL
The former presidential candidate says the Republican Party has plunged into a crazy abyss of whack jobs, autocrats and nutjobs.
The Daily Beast
Published Apr. 23, 2021 7:41AM ET
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You have a Republican Party, which emotionally, essentially are neo-fascist. They fundamentally do not believe that another legitimate point of view exists other than theirs.
The former governor of Vermont said he had never been a Biden supporter but hes been stunned by the presidents performance so far and is pleased he wasnt making the same mistake as President Obama, who spent too much time waiting around for bipartisan support.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,818 posts)doc03
(35,367 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)reacted in Congress recently when a member accused them of being racist...kind of an overreaction on their part, I'd say.
Mr. Dean is absolutely right...the republican party has descended into whack jobs, autocrats and nutjobs. They all compete w/ each other to see who'll be the craziest one of the week in sprouting their nonsense.
Personally, republicans got caught plain and simple with their pants down, and they are racist and worse. Look at my pathetic senator from MO, the only senator that voted NO on the anti-hate bill for Asian Americans. In MO we have loads of wonderful Asian Americans and this is a damn slap in the face to them and all of their hard work in their businesses in MO.
josh says he voted no because he didn't want the feds in this business of determining what's racist etc., but I'd say he sent the wrong message to those he claims to represent in MO.
I'd say that he doesn't represent a huge majority of Missourians w/ his stand alone attitude and ridiculous stands on the most stupid and ignorant topics. An embarrassment. Some of these MO cities have significant %s of Asian Americans...I've listed just the top 4 cities below. josh 'guttermouth' hawley owes these outstanding citizens a big apology. These 4 cities alone constitute over 63K citizens alone in the St. Louis area and I didn't list them all.
Rank City % Asian Population
1 Maryland Heights 16.07% 27,080
2 Olivette 14.63% 7,849
3 Town And Country 12.88% 11,077
4 Clayton 12.7% 16,588
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Still a Deaniac. Sorry, not sorry.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)One can only wonder why democratic leadership abandoned it.
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)and decided to lose a lot of Senate seats to own the moderates.
wryter2000
(46,081 posts)I got to see him in person when he was running for president.
When Howard Dean speaks, truth comes out. He has a way of getting right to the heart of the matter and cutting out the BS.
DENVERPOPS
(8,844 posts)I have been saying for some time that I wish he was back and leading/organizing/directing the National Dem Party.
Jay25
(417 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)True blue!
The Doctor is IN!
NNadir
(33,545 posts)...we can avoid having the country die as a result of his touch.
I do, nonetheless, believe that it is bad for us to lack a sane opposition and as such, I worry about the effect of the demise of sanity in the Republican party.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Bingo.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)is with the use of the word "now."
Mad Kirrua
(46 posts)Oh, I think they've gone further than that!
kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)Until their rights are infringed upon of course!
peppertree
(21,664 posts)niyad
(113,553 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)kentuck
(111,110 posts)Governor Dean is right!
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)The former progressive champion, who now works on behalf of corporate interests, joins the drug industry in arguing against sharing the intellectual property for low-cost vaccines.
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paleotn
(17,959 posts)Biden is following a complete disaster....the worst president, not in modern times, but EVER...Even taking that out of the equation, Joe Biden is absolutely kicking ass and taking names. To be honest, I couldn't be happier.