An excellent piece on how Trump cowed Republican congressman, but most aren’t victims here. Most left the party vulnerable to his rise by failing for years to actively instill American values in the base. By the time Trump came along, it was too late.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/21/us/politics/trump-impeachment-republicans.html …
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If there’s to be a healthy GOP in the future, its leaders will need to actively espouse, model and even compel its alignment with core American values, ejecting the white supremacists, their sympathizers, and the admirers of authoritarianism to attract a new coalition of support.
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Psst. White supremacy and authoritarianism have been what the GOP has been about (with the addition of crony capitalism) for over 20 years. Trump just took advantage by saying the formerly silent parts out loud.
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