My former political party has become the stupid party. They embrace stupidity. Now I know you’ll say the GOP has always been this way, but as a lifelong Republican until 2 years ago, I respectfully disagree. It’s Trump. Trump is stupid, he’s the cult leader, stupidity rules.
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Replying to @WalshFreedom
I wouldn't say it was *always* that way. I would, however, say that it's been that way at least since the anti-intellectual revolution under Newt Gingrich in the 1990s, arguably back to Ronald Reagan's election in 1980 and a few years before—in other words, most of my life.
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Replying to @gorskon @WalshFreedom
Ever since the Evangelicals got a foothold in the party.
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Replying to @AnnaRosaliaH @WalshFreedom
Pretty much, and that started happening in a big way during the 1970s, when Reagan challenged Ford for the party nomination (and almost beat him) the cycle before he won the nomination and then the Presidency on 1980.
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