In leaked video, Rep. Chris Croft of Overland Park speaks of dissolving JoCo school boards
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djp2313
Shoegazer75
Is there a decent Republican in this entire country anymore? Their motto should be "Fuck you, that's for me!"
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No. Vote them into the dirt until they realize they fucked up hitching their wagon to a traitor. They will then either have a massive change and recover, or die out like The Whigs.
There are no decent ones left. They've all sworn fealty to Don Old.
skullyblotnick
I am a former republican.
However, since 2016, I can honestly say I am hopeful that during my lifetime I will see the demise of the current Republican Party. I don’t necessarily mind SOME of the conservative views (I am more of a moderate), but damn the shit they pull anymore… they flat out suck!
Eastern_Progress_946
Same. I don’t understand why their mission is to dismantle everything. I’ve voted conservative before, however I lean much more liberal now, but the current republicans party is just awful.
MartiniPhilosopher
What's not to get? The party is fully run by religious fundamentalists and oligarchs. Neither of which have much in the way of empathy or understanding of functional public policy. In fact, functional public policy is almost always opposed to what both of those groups want. Which is, in no particular order: Fuck you, got mine.
The truth is that the so-called "Party of Lincoln" has been this way since Nixon. He courted the Dixiecrats and religious into their fold. Reagan doubled down on the same strategy and brought in the crazy rich people. We are at the logical endpoint for that strategy: Fascism.
If you're wondering, "where's the conservative policy? what happened to protecting our own people?" you need to remember that Fascism isn't a philosophy. It has no policy. It's a vibe. It is a means to an end. The end being the consolidation of power into a few or ultimately one set of hands.
The GOP has collapsed and DJT is its still twitching corpse, shitting itself and spewing hate.
smuckola
to complete your perfect summary, I'll say that it all falls in the same timeline as the beginning of Heritage Foundation, founded in 1973 during Nixon. It wrote most of Reagan's permanently devastating and evil policy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation
this is all because the Confederacy lost the war, but won the peace. They never faced true consequences. The losers rewrote history.
Eastern_Progress_946
I don’t disagree with you at all.
Jokuki
Any decent republican is ran out of the party. I’d feel sorry for them but at this point it’s plainly obvious what the party stands for.
Personal_Benefit_402
The Republican party is dead.
-McSlizzy-
Maria is my neighbor. You know when someone’s brain disconnects with reality? That’s her.
Dottegirl67
He needs an opponent. I don’t think JoCo is the gop stronghold it once was. As the county gets bigger it’s getting more diverse.
Eastern_Progress_946
He has one, Pam Shernuk.I worked with her at one point and she would be a great representative. Unfortunately, he keeps getting voted in. This isn’t the only awful thing he’s said, but again—people keep voting for him.
Dottegirl67
I had forgotten about her. Hopefully people will get tired of him spouting off.
Eastern_Progress_946
Sadly, I think that’s the issue: People forget she is running 😞. But yes, hopefully people can see who he is and stop voting him into office.
Joedancer5
The gop has been working in secret to do this for years, a lot of people have raised the alarm, but have not been heard, brushed off, or have been victims of Swatting. The gop are dangerous people. Hopefully tomorrow we can get rid of the traitors once and for all!
Roll-Roll-Roll
I'm amazed at how easily the Republican party turned half the country into mindless sleeper agents that they can just control via social media without any direct involvement.
Stand up for yourselves drones! The judges and influencers are actually getting paid for this shit. Why settle for less?
(/s kinda... I dunno I'm just venting)
BillyTamper
It wasn't easy or quick. This has been happening slowly since Nixon. Fox has been chipping away at it for 40 years now.
Hate is addictive.
Roll-Roll-Roll
Sorry if I didn't give their effort enough credit, I guess???
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Roll-Roll-Roll
[above comment was about George w Bush presidential era].
Actually that's exactly when I became aware of it. Saw my folks get sucked into Tea Party bs while watching Limbaugh/O'Reilly/Beck on Fox all the time. Trump leaned into it heavily, but I know that it's been going on for a while.
cyberphlash [OP]
He has an opponent in the election, Pam Shernuk
OptimisticSkeleton
Homegrown fascist bastard. These guys have no ideas except what vital infrastructure they want to destroy and which Americans they want to attack next.
Midwake2
Fuck this guy.
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The republicans should be viewed as domestic terrorists the way they try so hard to dismantle our institutions.
cleanerT
That would be a blessing
Says it all.