Mark Small

Mr Beckwith tagged me today on Twitter: “The Democrats called. They want their taking (sic) points back. You’re in the wrong primary! ... 5/21

But I’m glad you decided to fake it in the GOP primary. I’m gonna have a lot fun dismantling the stupidity of your progressive ideology. Can’t wait to see you on the campaign trail!” 6/21

I am so happy he wants to see me on the campaign trial! I replied: “Those aren't my talking points, but I look forward to the campaign, too. I'd rather a person like you, who obviously hates so many (e.g. LGBTQ folks) views me as stupid. That's a compliment to me!” 7/21

The origins of the Republican Party were as a force for progressive values, but the party was taken over by the GOP’s “Southern strategy.” Maybe Mr Beckwith did not cover that particular aspect of U.S. history in his home schooling. 8/21

The roots of the GOP are in what were considered progressive soil. Theodore Roosevelt was a guiding light of the progressive movement - he was a Republican. Robert La Follete of Wisconsin, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and NYC Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia. 9/21

Not long ago both “major” political parties had conservative & liberal wings Some who label themselves as conservative & decry as “socialism” programs for clean air and water, & housing for the poor & want those ended 10/21

If one believes these programs are socialistic, one must agree the last “socialist” President of this country was Richard Nixon, who, despite many - many, many, many - flaws, was proud of these achievements of his administration. He was a lifelong Republican. 11/21

The SCOTUS decision that protects a woman’s reproductive rts & rts in so many other areas, Roe v Wade, was written by Justice Blackmun, a Nixon-appointee & is an excellently-researched history of a procedure that, for most of human history, has been legal. 12/21