Mary NelsonJun 11, 2023
Dan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈
Perhaps my memory is faulty, but I seem to remember that there was a time when espionage, sedition, treason, and attempting a coup would have been considered dealbreakers for the Republican Party. The former "Party of LIncoln" now seems to be a Confederacy of Dunces.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/09/donald-trump-indictment-republican-support
Republicans rally behind Donald Trump after classified documents indictment

Senior party figures and Trump’s closest challenger in the GOP presidential race, Ron DeSantis, make supportive statements

The Guardian
Jun 10, 2023 at 6:29pmWeb
Show threadBruce MirkenJun 10, 2023
@danwentzel That Republican Party died when Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House. It's been downhill ever since.
Show threadLe ChevalierJun 10, 2023
@danwentzel Somehow I feel Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt would have a problem grasping the new party's platform "own the libs"
Show threadDan Wentzel 🏳️‍🌈Jun 10, 2023
@LeChevalier Not Abraham LIncoln, Teddy Roosevelt, nor Dwight Eisenhower would be allowed anywhere near today's Republican Party. They don't even want the Bush, Cheney, or McCain in the Party anymore.
Show threadvolkrisJun 10, 2023

@danwentzel

It’s about premises. Mainstream republicans don’t believe that espionage, sedition, and treason occurred in the first place.

Show threadHeatherLynn8571Jun 10, 2023
@volkris @danwentzel They DON'T care .....they just want POWER.
Show threadvolkrisJun 10, 2023

@heatherlynn8571

That explanation doesn’t really apply here since we’re talking about people standing up to power, standing up to a prosecutor wanting to bring the hammer down on somebody.

And we’re talking about run-of-the-mill, everyday members of the public.

It’s not that they want power. It’s that they are operating from a different set of facts as they push back against power.

@danwentzel

Show threadHeatherLynn8571Jun 10, 2023

@volkris @danwentzel

There's no DECENT mainstream Republicans left. Do you NOT pay attention? My State GOP's leader is batshit crazy. IF you call her decent, I'm sorry. Her name is Kristina Karamo. And don't get me started on "Moms for Liberty".

Show threadvolkrisJun 10, 2023

@heatherlynn8571

But that’s democracy. I personally don’t have anybody that I would possibly want to vote for, but meh, people use their votes the way they want to, and a lot of voters like those people, which is how they get elected.

There might be no one decent in my opinion, but other voters have different opinions, and a lot of voters are using their power to elect these figures.

Democracy is messy. It’s the worst way of doing things, except for all the others.

@danwentzel

Show threadHeatherLynn8571Jun 10, 2023
@volkris @danwentzel I'm not kidding about Karamo or Moms for Liberty. I was ALWAYS taught to stand against what they're for. So that's why I'm coming across as "she doth protest too much". And as far as my state GOP, there's NO WAY I want them in power anytime soon.
Show threadvolkrisJun 10, 2023

@heatherlynn8571

Well that’s nice, so don’t vote for them. shrug

That’s your vote to use any way you want.

@danwentzel

Show threadHeatherLynn8571Jun 10, 2023
@volkris @danwentzel Chris, I muted Volkris. I DON'T think he or she votes. I wan't going down the "I didn't want to vote .....". I'm too impatient and NOT willing to be in a discussion with a "both sides" bullshitter
Show threadvolkrisJun 10, 2023

So it sounds like @heatherlynn8571 is so protective of their foregone conclusions that they don’t stop to engage and realize that their assumptions about other people are wrong.

That’s a shame.

@danwentzel

Show threadJim GoodallJun 10, 2023

@danwentzel Contrary to what this article tries to purport, Donald Trump was not indicted by Jack Smith.
He was indicted by a Grand Jury.
A jury of Donald Trump's peers.
A jury of Americans.
Absolute patriots, every one.

Also, Republicans need to look within, at the smear job they did on Hillary Clinton, just prior to the 2016 election, which was enough to put Trump ahead at the finish line.

Of course, it was all BS. A disgusting smear on her reputation.

Republicans now reap what they sowed.

Show threadedgeoforever 🍎Jun 10, 2023
@danwentzel I even remember “the Party of National Security “. Same guys, according to their PR media (aka “liberal media “)
Show threadedgeoforever 🍎Jun 10, 2023
@danwentzel #tfg too
Show threadGATEKEEPERJun 11, 2023
@danwentzel
Joe Walsh reminded Charlie Dent, sternly today, that THAT party no longer exist..Extinct ...gone
Dent, like the moron he has always been, resisted and said there are 30% of Republicans that are sane..Talk about out of touch in Disney Land..