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Old 01-30-2021, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Right the "college educated suburbs."

These are the people who have been extremely overexposed to "woke" academia and have a serious case of white guilt for their effort. They wear skinny jeans, drink soy lattes, pontificate a lot of theoretical things, can't change their own oil or use simple power tools, and have 6 figures of college debt and a quarter acre of property.

By the way: I'm college educated and live in the suburbs, and voted for Trump.
Say what you will about them....but they ain't going for the Trumpism Insane Clown Posse Show.

 
Old 01-30-2021, 10:46 AM
 
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Pretty simple really - they reflect their constituents. This is how our representative government works (or doesn't work). The basic assumption is that the average citizen is rational and will never choose a representative that would work against our Constitution and would never be self destructive or embrace lunacy.

What we are seeing today is that this basic assumption is flawed. The under-educated and the deluded can find one another and form a coalition of ignorance in order to get people like this elected. After all they got Trump elected, so not certain why this would be so surprising.



I sadly think you may be right. These nutty Republican could simply just represent a whole lot of crazy like minded people. It is a frightening thought.
 
Old 01-30-2021, 10:52 AM
 
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The GOP is best understood as an insurgency that carried the seeds of its own corruption from the start.
The original GOP did a great deal of good, but the current entity carrying the name has been taken over by groups that previously were on the fringes.
 
Old 01-30-2021, 11:33 AM
 
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Oh the old freedom of speech line. Well freedom of speech does not protect you when you are promoting the killing of another human being..
Then why isn't Kathy Griffin in prison? Why is the assassinate Trump hashtag still up on twitter? Because leftists want free speech for themselves and not their opposition.
 
Old 01-30-2021, 11:45 AM
 
Location: Arizona
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I don't think the GOP has anymore or less nuts then the Democrats. But difference is AOC and the others aren't causing insurrections toting guns around and putting others in danger.
 
Old 01-30-2021, 12:05 PM
 
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Hmm so you agree with
Jewish Space Lasers created California Fires?
That the shootings in Las Vegas was a plan to remove guns?
That the Parkland School Shooting was Fake?
That Pelosi should be shot in the head?
That Hillary drank kids blood and wore her face afterwards?

Please let me know which ones do you agree with?
Don’t know a single person who believes any of that and Honestly never heard any of this before.
Many a leftist commented on wishing horrible things happen to Trump and his family, does that mean all leftist feels that way? AOC and her so-called squad are pretty radical, calling for republicans to be put in camps, and as for Hillary, no one believes that. You have Maxine Walters calling for her base to chase and harass all republicans out of stores and restaurants, your side has plenty of crazy radicals.
 
Old 01-30-2021, 12:08 PM
 
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I don't think the GOP has anymore or less nuts then the Democrats. But difference is AOC and the others aren't causing insurrections toting guns around and putting others in danger.
How many didn’t? A radical group pulled that and thousands did not, how many radicals destroyed buildings and businesses during the summer? How many rioted and yes, they tried to get into the White House, and would have if they were able to.
 
Old 01-30-2021, 12:09 PM
 
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The original GOP did a great deal of good, but the current entity carrying the name has been taken over by groups that previously were on the fringes.
Like what’s happened to the Democrats.
 
Old 01-30-2021, 12:10 PM
 
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I sadly think you may be right. These nutty Republican could simply just represent a whole lot of crazy like minded people. It is a frightening thought.
Kind of like what happened to the Democratic Party. AOC and her squad, which Nancy and others act scared of her.
 
Old 01-30-2021, 12:39 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Like what’s happened to the Democrats.
Biden won by pulling moderate Republicans from the suburbs into the party. There is actually a diverse coalition within the DNC including a small center/right faction..and yes the crazies.

The perceived requirement to belong to the GOP right now is loyalty to Trump....no real platform...just loyalty to Trump. The GOP are losing the adults in the room.
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