"So yes, it would be very good for the Republican Party of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, Louie Gohmert, Devin Nunes, and all the rest of them to be leveled to the ground so a wholly new party—a more reasonable, responsible, principled, and honorable party—can be built in its place.
"There's just one difficulty with the plan: It does nothing to address the root of the problem, which no one—not the minimalist Trump haters, and not the fiercest maximalists out to pummel the party's establishment—has a clue how to solve.
"That is the problem of the Republican voter."
Damon Linker at The Week worries about the future of the Republican Party, regardless of what happens to Donald Trump in November.
As does Jonathan V. Last at The Bulwark.
Friday, August 07, 2020
"What Has Turned the GOP into a Political Cesspool Is the Preferences, Tastes, and Convictions of Republican Voters"
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