MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow says that it’s change into more and more clear in current weeks that the Republican Celebration is damaged and incapable of even pretending to be a governing companion.
Whereas Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress work to deal with the a number of crises which are wreaking havoc throughout the nation, Republicans are combating amongst themselves over whether or not they nonetheless imagine in democracy.
“On the Republican facet, it’s some scary and sort of unnerving stuff about whether or not or not they’re a celebration that endorses violence and whether or not they’re a celebration that also believes that democracy and elections are the way in which that we resolve issues as a rustic,” the MSNBC host stated.
“How can that be your governing companion?” Maddow requested.
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Maddow stated:
Huge image although, we’re at this place proper now the place we’re supposedly a two-party, two main occasion democracy. That’s been the supply of stability and continuity in our democracy for hundreds of years now. And we at the moment are fairly abruptly and clearly at this place the place the 2 events have completely totally different duties at hand. And on the Republican facet, it’s some scary and sort of unnerving stuff about whether or not or not they’re a celebration that endorses violence and whether or not they’re a celebration that also believes that democracy and elections are the way in which that we resolve issues as a rustic. On the Democratic facet, they’re simply making an attempt to manipulate. They’re making an attempt to determine how you can get one thing achieved with out having to cope with that dumpster fireplace on the opposite facet. As a result of how can that be your governing companion? … The Republican Celebration is having a really totally different disaster proper now. The Democratic Celebration is making an attempt to determine how you can ship. And that makes the duty of the Democratic Celebration completely totally different than what’s taking place on the opposite facet. It makes it form of earnest and civic proper now. But in addition extremely vital as as to if or not we’re going to have a Republican Celebration sooner or later. As a result of on the Republican Celebration, that’s not the way in which they’re approaching the nation’s issues proper now. The Democrats need to show they’ll do that or they’re going to need to cope with the dumpster fireplace over there once more by way of what the folks of the USA have to select from between the 2 choices accessible to them. Simply an unbelievable state of affairs that we’re in.
The Republican Celebration is damaged past restore
Joe Biden got here into workplace sincerely hoping that Donald Trump‘s absence would shake the Republican Celebration out of its four-year fever, but it surely doesn’t appear like that’s about to occur.
As a substitute, the GOP has doubled down on Trumpism, with 45 senators on Tuesday essentially siding with violent insurrectionists by voting to dam a Senate impeachment trial.
Whereas the GOP transfer to dam the trial failed, it confirmed simply how damaged and irredeemable the Republican Celebration is.
It’s changing into more and more clear that if Democrats are going to perform something over the following two years, they need to play hardball and do it on their very own.
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Sean Colarossi presently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for each of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He additionally labored with Deliberate Parenthood as an Reasonably priced Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents receive medical health insurance protection.
