Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jul 2, 2024

@VeroniqueB99 @otownKim

#USpol #UShistory #RepublicanTakeover

It didn't start with #RonaldReagan, though he was a successful paragon of rightwing #Republicanism.

It started in 1965 at the latest:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112598555451884508

@randahl

LeighGSep 14, 2023
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-growing-threat-of-republican-election-vigilantes/
#Authoritarians #Fascism #RepublicanTakeover
The Growing Threat of Republican Election Vigilantes

Opinion | States need to act urgently to enact clear laws that forbid private voter challenges.

Democracy Docket
LeighGJul 29, 2023
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/29/2183992/-Is-Tuberville-s-Senate-Hold-on-Military-Promotions-So-Trump-Can-Fill-Them-in-2025
#Nazis #Authoritarians #RepublicanTakeover
Is Tuberville’s Senate Hold on Military Promotions So Trump Can Fill Them in 2025?

The morbidly rich often believe they’re immune from the politicians they fund turning on them. And they’re often wrong. Now, here in America, rightwing billionaires are repeating the same mistake Germany’s ultra-rich made in the 1930s. And the MAGA...

Daily Kos
MustrideorskiApr 7, 2023
Pay attention #Wisconsin for the #RepublicanTakeover #Supermajority. You may be next.
Ramona GriggApr 2, 2023

This in a nutshell: The defense of Trump since January 6 will bring the GOP down.
He has broken innumerable laws, flouting any chance for redemption. He's on a tear to take this country down.
They can't sugarcoat that. It'll come back to haunt them.
#Politics #RepublicanTakeover #Democracy

https://wapo.st/3zqyFOA

The unhinged GOP defense of Trump is the real ‘test’ for our democracy

As long as Republicans demand absolute impunity for Trump, a sane outcome is less likely.

The Washington Post