Chad WatsonJan 3, 2023
Robert Reich

Today, the civil war in the Republican Party has come into the open. But it’s not particularly civil and it’s not exactly a war.

It’s the mindless hostility of a political party that’s lost any legitimate reason for being. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-the-hell-is-the-republican-party

The Party's Over: RIP, GOP

Today's display shows it no longer has any reason for being

Robert Reich
Jan 3, 2023 at 4:02pmWeb
Show threadartisanroxJan 3, 2023

@rbreich

They all agree on impoverishing or killing off the opposition and burning the Constitution, tho.

I think the civil war is just cosmetic.

Show threadFroo with a ViewJan 3, 2023
@rbreich but with the US two-party system what other options are there? It’s not a lot better in the UK of course, but I find it astounding that there are literally no viable alternatives and seemingly no way to build any.
Show threadJeff GriggJan 3, 2023
@rbreich We wish it was over. The Republican party still has a lot of power, and coordinated action to use that power. Power and influence far beyond voter support. That's not going away overnight.
Show threadKitJan 3, 2023
@rbreich Spot on. There is nothing left. It’s completely illegitimate.
Show threadFyzzlefryJan 3, 2023
@rbreich All they know how to do is be angry.
Show threadAdam KatzJan 3, 2023

@rbreich
The GOP has an impressive ability to unite and act as one, mostly to drive inaction. They'll keep that up regardless of which faction wins the party.

What else will they drive? Which faction will aim their repeals, regressions, and repressions?

Show threadAimee in OC 🍊🦁Jan 3, 2023
@rbreich More reason Democrats need to stay cohesive as a party.
Show threadChrisJan 3, 2023
@rbreich Is it my imagination or are those Klan hoods between the elephant’s feet?
Show threadMonica DePaul, AuthorJan 3, 2023
@rbreich unfortunately, people won't stop voting for them.
Show threadKenJan 3, 2023

@rbreich yeah, but 40%+ of America keeps voting for their hateful, vengeful, out of touch candidates!

#GQP
#VoteBlue
#VoteBlueIn24

Show threadRazorback JackJan 3, 2023
@rbreich But, what replaces it? I believe this is a coordinated effort by some Trumpers who remain in Congress to destroy the party while building around Trump’s recent threat to run as an Independant. So, … again, what replaces the GOP?
Show threadSimulated Chollas 🍉 🥭 🌵Jan 3, 2023
@rbreich Sorry, but the idea that the new GOP is a working class movement and the Trump base was distinctly white low-paid wage-workers has no basis in reality https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.102068 If liberals want change for the better, they need to drop this myth and acknowledge what is actually driving things https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/537A8ABA46783791BFF4E2E36B90C0BE/S1049096518000367a.pdf
Show threadGwladys PendleburyJan 5, 2023
@simulatedchollas @rbreich The claim that Trump victory could be seen as a form of protest voting may have been the claim of the Dem establishment and media, which I didn’t see promoted actually, but the voters recognized the racism. Conservative voters defending Nazi marches, the anti- BLM, the wall, anti antifa, all lives matter positions made it clear. It’s good that they did the research, but it’s not a revelation.
Show threadSimulated Chollas 🍉 🥭 🌵Jan 5, 2023
@GwladysPendlebury @rbreich I could have made it clearer but I was responding to Robert directly and to similar pundits who continue to use “working class” as a descriptor and explanation—as he did in the piece he wrote and shared.
Show threadJDSJan 3, 2023

@rbreich And so it begins. Roll Call has started. First order of business is electing #speaker

#kevinmccarthy does not have the votes.

We may see a tumultuous uproar after the first vote.

Show threadAndy Bitterer ☑️Jan 3, 2023
@rbreich I keep wondering what it actually means when people self-describe as “republican”. As far as I’m concerned it equates to “racist fascist evangelical” more often than not. It’s really not a political party anymore.
Show threadiMik3Jan 3, 2023
@rbreich this is the one and only thing I would like to thank tRump for. Such a masterful, singlehanded takedown. 😂
Show threadVoronJan 3, 2023
@rbreich for it to be a civil war you need two sides to be engaged, right now only one side is fighting, the other is kinda like mildly engaged
Show threadBottlenekdolfinJan 3, 2023
@rbreich idk, they have basically the Supreme Court locked down. That will keep them going for a while. And then, all they have to do is shift some policies and they'll be competitive popularity wise again. But that could be nice, a GOP made up of conservative Democrat policies.
Show threadJohn DybvigJan 3, 2023
@rbreich The GOP still has their party platform which clearly states that the support…let me see here. I know there’s a copy around here someplace. Here it is and…Nevermind.
Show threadGhost of SilenceJan 3, 2023
@rbreich if they keep on track I'd say they have maybe 8 years at most before the entire republican party dismantles itself completely
Show threadChad WatsonJan 3, 2023
@rbreich We need to scrap this Duopoly. Go to a Parliamentary type of government and reject MIP’s. #GetMoneyOutOfPolitics
Show threadAoB_Motomasa🇨🇦🎚🎛🎚🎧Jan 3, 2023
@rbreich What's the over/under on the number of times there will be a vote for Speaker of the House?
Show threadFidolyJan 3, 2023
@rbreich yep.
Show threadJ.H.NoyesJan 3, 2023
@rbreich As opposed to the Democratic Party, whose sole reason for existing has become to suppress the detection of new and dangerous Covid variants while feeding working class families to them?
Show threadTonyTrink1969 🏳️‍🌈Jan 3, 2023
@rbreich #RepublicansInRuin
Show threadMarryJan 3, 2023
@rbreich
Parties tend to break apart when ideological splinters become so great they can't stand together, the Democratic Republicans just completely broke apart because of Jackson, the whigs because of increasingly radical abolitionism. That doesn't mean they are irrelevant even if it did happen, republicans split the vote and came back in force for 1860, it also likely isn't going to happen now. Republicans aren't fighting for positions with the speaker, just power, and Ron wouldn't split.
Show threadIrRESISTibleJan 4, 2023
@rbreich I sincerely, truly appreciate your ability to say/write the facts so well. Thank you. Now, can we turn that elephant image so it really shows the end?
Show threadSaschaKJan 4, 2023
@rbreich if you sustain populists for too long in your party they will eat the party alive from the inside keeping the vital organs as long as possible.
Show threadCindy McginleyJan 4, 2023
@rbreich as the country song says “turn off the lights, the party’s over. “
Show threadInsufficientC8H11NO2Jan 5, 2023

@rbreich Metallica wrote a song about it. Like to hear it? Hear it go...

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=pFwanx1N6Fw&feature=share

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