I was thinking about this lately and decided to start a thread on this. Since “Far Right Republicans” got shut down for people targeting others, let’s try to be productive here!
Ted Cruz, R, says about Judge Jackson on Fox News::
"She came out of law school, and she clerked for Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court. And she became a federal public defender,” Cruz said. “And you and I have both known public defenders. People go and do that because their heart is with criminal defendants. Their heart is with the murderers, the criminals, and that that’s who they’re rooting for. A lot of the same reasons people go and become prosecutors—because they want to lock up bad guys—public defenders often have a natural inclination in the direction of the criminal. And I gotta say that inclination was not just while she was a public defender, but she carried it onto the bench.”
Sen Marsha Blackburn, R, Tweets from her official account:
The left wants to rewrite our history, allow children to choose their gender, and teach CRT.
Lauren Boebert, R, tweets from her official account:
BREAKING: Senate Swamp creatures have announced a “bipartisan” $10 BILLION DOLLAR spending bill to combat, wait for it, COVID.
Cheers can be heard from Fauci’s office.
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Next year, the woke Disney lobbyists will ask Congress to extend Micky Mouse’s trademark.
I think not.
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Marge Taylor G, R, tweets:
There is a line in the sand.
Either you are Pro-pedophile and Pro-transgender biological men or you defend children and women.
Period.
There is no other option.
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Congratulations to Viktor Orban on winning a victory well deserved! He’s leading Hungary the right way and we need this in America.
America should also ban sexually explicit media in sex-ed and all gender change information for minors under 18 intentionally confusing children.
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And in reference to KBJ:
“In some cases, she even apologized to some of the kiddie-porn perverts for having to follow the statutes, which she called “substantially flawed.”
Any Senator that confirms this woman (but what is a woman) is supporting child sex predators
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Louie Gohmert, R, tweeted:
There should be an investigation into the events of January 6, 2021.
However, Speaker Pelosi made it clear when she would only allow Republicans who hate Trump on the committee, that this was not actually going to be a bipartisan, fair commission.
(Note, Pelosi turned down Biggs, Jordan, Gaetz and other people like them, McCarthy then pulled all nominations)
Cruz yelled at a Supreme court nominee and stormed out of the hearing (straight to a presser).
Gaetz is under investigation for trafficking minors and having sex with underaged girls yet is on the judicial committee.
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Gosar speaks at attends and speaks at white supremacist and QAnon rallies.
MTG and Boebert believe in QAnon and send obnoxious tweets attacking Democrats multiple times daily. I’ll add Blackburn in here.
Cawthorn, R, said “politicians he looked up to” (suggesting Republicans) invited him to orgies and did coke in front of him.
Jordan and Hawley tried to tie KBJ to supporting pedophiles in a dog whistle to QAnon. Hawley is selling mugs of him cheering on the insurrectionists.
25% of Republicans believe in the tenants of QAnon, which is that Democrats, Hollywood stars, the Pope and others and businesses are Satan worshiping pedophiles that ingest trafficked and intentionally frightened children’s blood and organs, (https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-24/a-quarter-of-republicans-believe-central-views-of-qanon-conspiracy-movement). 25%!!!
Most Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” and that there is widespread voter fraud in America, causing multiple states to use taxpayer money for audits that turned up nothing and 1/4 of states enacting voting restriction laws. Because the Republicans believe the lie and not the facts that almost no voter fraud has been found. Except for Mark Meadows, who registered to vote using a single-wide trailer in NC. Oh please, google that.
A TV show personality runs the GOP and pours money into opposition candidate campaigns of people in his own party that don’t fawn over him. He’s an autocrat.
CPAC convenes in Budapest to celebrate the re-election of authoritarian Orban.
GOP leaders and Trump compete to get interviewed on Fox News.Carlson, Hannity, Ducey, Ingraham constantly speak against/tell lies about Biden, the government, vaccines, first amendment, capitalism, the constitution, the UN, NATO, Russia, Putin, the principals of democracy, I could go on and on. Google “Carlson” and “Why hate Putin”. They recently are telling people to boycott Disney, a private company, that stated they think DeSantis’ “don’t say Gay” law is harmful. So basically, they are advocating punishing a private company for free speech that was against a politician. How is that NOT authoritarian?
McConnell,R, denied Obama a Supreme Court Nominee 8 months before an election but shoved through Barret a month before an election, ensuring Trump had 3 in 4 years. He called KBJ a “liberal activist”.
Of note, KBJ had a higher rating from the ABA than Kavanaugh or Barret. Only 2-3 Republicans are slated to vote for this incredibly qualified nominee, who was smarter and more accomplished than most of the people who questioned her.
Religion, esp Evangelical beliefs, are openly married to lawmaking. (Repubs think Trump is religious, too! I can’t wrap my head around that!)
I could go on. It seems like the GOP is most interested in creating anger in their base by actively making up and spreading disinformation. It seems like they, as a party, are becoming authoritarian. Much of their message and their news outlet of choice, Fox, are actively deceptive. I mostly believe to get votes from a fearful base. I’m not sure if the GOP is creating the base that supports them of if they are accommodating a population of increasingly brazen uber right-wing people.
4 of the 7 Congress people who voted to impeach Trump are retiring. Several have referenced death threats to them and their family for voting that way.
Speaking of death threats, Fauci and family received death threats (thanks to GOP and Fox targeting), the Michigan governor was planned to be kidnapped and killed, Pence was slated to be killed by the insurrectionists, etc. Oh, the Capitol insurrection. The Repub couple who pulled guns on a BLM protest. “No licence” concealed carry laws.
TN wants to legalize child marriage? W.T.F? (R sponsored bill)
The push to get conspiracy theory far right R’s in local offices and school boards to stop, for example, CRT being taught in primary school systems, even though it isn’t.
To be sure, I’m not saying ALL Republican voters think this way. I have many Republican friends and we respectfully discuss politics. My best conversations are with a friend who is a full-time GOP fundraiser. It seems to me, though, that the GOP as a whole is more divisive, more authoritarian-leaning, more conspiracy theory oriented, more “belief” and less “fact” oriented, and more embracing of fringe ideas and people who think fringe thoughts and nonprofessional representatives.
I’m thinking this can’t be sustained for the GOP because not all of them can be reelected on an authoritarian platform (I could be wrong) or sleep at night agreeing to such anti-democracy platforms.
What do you think? Please tell me where I’m wrong. How I’m wrong. What you think is OK and why.
I’d loooooooooove to hear the POV from Republicans who can respectfully reply. Please don’t reply with “but Democrats do X” Please start another thread and I promise to respond to your comments.
This post is more of a “I don’t understand this at all and this fails the constitution” post and I’m not attacking all Republican voters. I know not all GOP voters agree with the above.
Let’s discuss the current Republican Party.
