Las Vegas Newspaper: We Struggle To ID GOP Candidates Who Aren't Threat To Democracy

[MissMillie]

Source: HuffPost via MSN

The Las Vegas Sun issued a plea to non-MAGA Republicans to “reach out to us” because the current crop of GOP candidates in the state are too extreme to back.

The newspaper’s editorial board, in an essay published Sunday, said it had “endorsed Republicans in the past and might do so again in the future.”

“Yet as we survey the field of Republican candidates across the state, we are struggling to identify those who are not an active threat to American democracy or the institutions of government that have sustained our republic for 250 years,” it continued.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/las-vegas-newspaper-we-struggle-to-id-gop-candidates-who-arent-threat-to-democracy/ar-AAXs81B?ocid=U483DHP&li=BBnb7Kz

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Did any other newspapers come to this conclusion before primary season started?

[lapfog_1]

1. Philly Enquirer I think had the same issue.

[BigmanPigman]

25. Yes, they did.

Good for them!!!

[ck4829]

2. K&R

[IronLionZion]

3. Endorsements have a lot of influence in local elections

many candidates would be unknown to voters who would rely on trusted sources to vett and endorse.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. IMO, a lot of media outlets don't see these people as a threat, or don't care.

They are "controversial" which will get clicks and sell.

[clementine613]

5. Every GQP politician is a threat to the life of every single person in this country.

n/t

[area51]

16. +1

They're a cult.

[ZonkerHarris]

6. I wonder which country I'll move to in a few years?

[lastlib]

8. If the GOPhers take power, I might look at New Zealand.....

or Australia....

[ZonkerHarris]

12. I've been to Australia and they're pretty right wing down there

I’ve been to Australia and they’re pretty right wing down there i’m looking at Portugal, and I’m looking at Croatia

[BonnieJW]

17. I think about that all the time

NT

[ananda]

7. They're looking for Reeps to back?

Sheesh.

Words fail.

[MissMillie]

14. Isn't it typical

during a primary, for a newspaper to endorse a candidate from each ticket--so for governor they'd endorse one of the candidates on the Democratic ticket and one of the candidates on the Republican ticket?

For the primary, anyway?

[summer_in_TX]

15. Yes, they serve their readers from both parties

so they vet and make recommendations during the primaries on the better candidates in a given race for each party.

Fascinating development.

[inthewind21]

9. A little late to the party

They are JUST NOW coming to this realization? That ship has long sailed.

[inthewind21]

10. A little late to the party

They are JUST NOW coming to this realization? That ship has long sailed.

[Initech]

11. Because the entire damn party has been compromised with MAGA trolls.

That's why!

[Marcuse]

13. At first I thought this was the late Sheldon Adelson's paper. It's not.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. From Twitter:

Link to tweet

[GB_RN]

19. And Yet, The GOPQ Is Supposedly The Party Of "Family Values"?

Puuuhhh-lease! How can anyone believe that bullshit after all they do to prove otherwise? I mean, the facts stare the public right in the face, but noooo! They still vote for these assclowns, begging for more like Kevin Bacon's character in Animal House.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. And we've known for a long time that they don't support families with children

As George Carlin famously said decades ago, they only support "the unborn," once you're born, you're on your own...

[GB_RN]

21. And They Claim To Support The Military...

But their actions show otherwise there, too. Especially once troops move out of active duty to veteran status.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. Well, we know what TFG thought of military service - "losers and suckers"

I believe he said that at the ceremony honoring WWII veterans in France. Yet he yearned for a costly "military parade" like Putin has...

[GB_RN]

23. Yeah, That's Where He Said It.

And for sure he wanted a big parade for his ego. I remember he wanted the M1-Abrams tanks rolling through DC, never mind the fact that the roads aren't built to take the weight.

I'm so fucking glad that assclown is not defiling the White House anymore.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Same here!

But I'd feel a whole lot better if we never had to see or hear from him ever again...

[GB_RN]

26. If He Dropped Dead Today...

The funny sound you'd hear would be me, celebrating.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I'm surprised he's lasted this long considering his fast food diet

Not to mention that he has trouble getting around as it is - can't navigate either stairs or even a ramp - and while most older guys golf for exercise, he rides a golf cart.

[GoldandSilver]

28. Repugnants are against people

They don’t want to help anyone, don’t want to resolve human problems or make life easier for anyone.

Thry are hard, tight jawed, judgemental, hypocrites.

Repugnants are anti-American and we are In a struggle to save our way of life.

I can’t help but believe Putin is at the root of this change, but it’s ignorant people and self servers that push it along.

I hope I’m dead before they take over.