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4bonhoffer

(134 posts)
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 07:30 AM 10 hrs ago

Whether they support him or are afraid

The entire Republican Party is allowing him to do whatever he wants. If the republicans wanted to stop him they could do so easily. He is what he is, it’s the f’ing Republican Party that is allowing are of his insanity to be implemented.

I have grown so damn tired of everyone freaking out over him and NEVER mentioning that it’s the Republican Parti that is allowing all this damage to happen. It’s the republicans who will not stand up to insanity.

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Whether they support him or are afraid (Original Post) 4bonhoffer 10 hrs ago OP
Yes indeed G_j 10 hrs ago #1
Same, and I'll add that I'm sick of the Democrats getting all the blame. GoCubsGo 10 hrs ago #2
I cannot speak for anyone else... OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #14
they want to teach civics as well rampartd 37 min ago #22
Pedophile enablers Ferrets are Cool 9 hrs ago #3
Exactly, that should be the narrative, gab13by13 9 hrs ago #6
If they won't, then we the people on our social media platforms need to point that out. All the time. mwmisses4289 9 hrs ago #7
With you 110% on this KS Toronado 8 hrs ago #16
Exactly. I see no difference whether the Republican officials are co-conspirators or cowards, they are all responsible MLAA 9 hrs ago #4
One and the Same Roy Rolling 9 hrs ago #5
They won't stop him Diamond_Dog 9 hrs ago #8
I've always blamed the electorate, Mtnmama 9 hrs ago #9
And also, of course, hypocritical and haughty Mtnmama 8 hrs ago #11
He's giving a lot of Republicans what they've always wanted: a chance to seize single party rule. paulkienitz 8 hrs ago #10
Here's the message/call I sent to my senators & congressman this morning otchmoson 8 hrs ago #12
I certainly know DownriverDem 8 hrs ago #13
The Republican Party is owned by the wealthy- Stargazer99 8 hrs ago #15
The Myth. J_William_Ryan 7 hrs ago #17
B.I.N.G.O. markodochartaigh 36 min ago #23
Today's Republican Party is incapable of doing policy. OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago #18
They let the monster metastasize and now he's out of control kimbutgar 3 hrs ago #19
Today's Republicans are by and large not "american" blue_jay 2 hrs ago #20
Reich-wing whackjobs have killed politicians, I get that. But. markodochartaigh 41 min ago #21
I say this all the time on DU popsdenver 17 min ago #24

GoCubsGo

(34,647 posts)
2. Same, and I'll add that I'm sick of the Democrats getting all the blame.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 07:40 AM
10 hrs ago

It boggles my mind that so many people believe that the minority party can just go in and stop things. Sure, the Dems in Congress could do a bit better at trying to throw sand in the gears, but it's not like they aren't doing what they can.

We really, really, really need to start requiring civics in schools again...

OldBaldy1701E

(10,067 posts)
14. I cannot speak for anyone else...
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:34 AM
8 hrs ago

But, my complaints are not with the Democratic Party and their lack of action.

It is with the population of the United States and their lack of action that upsets me.

We are the bottom line. Not the judicial branch, not the executive branch, not the legislative branch.

WE ARE.

And the fact that this regime is still there... well... that is not on Democrats in Congress.

That is on US.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.


I guess we do not feel that this regime has become destructive enough. I am worried that there are too many people who are making out very well and that do not want anything to change, even as vast parts of society have to suffer and die because of simple things that could be avoided. The 'elite' are not suffering, so that makes it all okay.

This also means that, unless something does change, we are going to just keep right on with the injustice and the inequity.

Which, I guess, is also preferable to these same people. I mean, why take this moment to try to fix some of the crap in our society when we can just be lazy and let things play out as they stand, and to hell with the percentage of the population that has to die because of it?

The only explanation that seems to fit is that we prefer it this way. Or, are too programmed to see it any differently.

rampartd

(3,687 posts)
22. they want to teach civics as well
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:08 PM
37 min ago

how this is a christian nation and how great it was to be a slave and such.

what do you think Louisiana school children will learn about separation of powers or checks and balances if "heritage usa" or Swaggart ministries' writes the text?

gab13by13

(31,110 posts)
6. Exactly, that should be the narrative,
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 08:25 AM
9 hrs ago

waiting to get flack for posting this, but Democrats need to start calling Krasnov, his administration, Congressional Magats, pedophile protectors.

Words matter, especially true words, not saying them also matters.

Malcolm Nance for president - 2028.

mwmisses4289

(3,162 posts)
7. If they won't, then we the people on our social media platforms need to point that out. All the time.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 08:31 AM
9 hrs ago

KS Toronado

(22,962 posts)
16. With you 110% on this
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:38 AM
8 hrs ago

we really should get our messaging going into the midterms about his enablers "the pedophile protectors"
who care more about big money and never for their constituents.

MLAA

(19,662 posts)
4. Exactly. I see no difference whether the Republican officials are co-conspirators or cowards, they are all responsible
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 08:10 AM
9 hrs ago

for their own legislative actions at his behest as well as his own executive actions.

Roy Rolling

(7,410 posts)
5. One and the Same
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 08:17 AM
9 hrs ago

Every Republican is Trump and should be blamed as such. They are as much to blame as the orange man himself, and don’t escape by throwing a deranged man under the bus.

Who is supposed to be sane here?

How much worse are the thousands who volunteer to imitate a brain-diseased liar and rapist?

Mtnmama

(130 posts)
9. I've always blamed the electorate,
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 08:39 AM
9 hrs ago

Those greedy, ignorant rascist voters who could so easily overlook what a travisty Trump is, was, has always been, because it benefited them financially or because of some other thing that they were aligned with and could not see the huge danger Trump was for America. I've always blamed the voters, also the Republican party, but mostly the voters.

paulkienitz

(1,500 posts)
10. He's giving a lot of Republicans what they've always wanted: a chance to seize single party rule.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:12 AM
8 hrs ago

otchmoson

(273 posts)
12. Here's the message/call I sent to my senators & congressman this morning
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:24 AM
8 hrs ago

You are a powerful person, with that power given to you by citizens. With the debacle that continues to grow surrounding the Epstein files, following a LAW passed by you and signed by President Pedo, it can only be stated that if you are NOT part of the solution, you are part of the problem. The American people are entitled to transparency and accountability, and your unwillingness to stand up for the rule of law does not leave you wiggle room. You either support the rule of law, and will demand that AG Bondi and FBI Director Patel follow the law, or you simply do not. This issue is not going away, and as long as you continue to support President Pedo and his corrupt sycophants, YOU are one of his corrupt sycophants. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Stargazer99

(3,426 posts)
15. The Republican Party is owned by the wealthy-
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 09:35 AM
8 hrs ago

and the average middle class/low income are the suckers and losers by the wealthy

J_William_Ryan

(3,313 posts)
17. The Myth.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:34 AM
7 hrs ago

The myth is that prior to Trump, the GOP was a slightly right-of-center party interested in sound public policy and responsible governance.

And then came Trump, who single-handedly turned this right-of-center party interested in sound public policy and responsible governance into the racist, authoritarian entity it is today.

Wrong.

The facts: Trump is the product of the GOP – for more than 50 years the Republican party has pursued an illiberal neo-fascist agenda of racism, bigotry, misogyny, and hate; an agenda seeking to destroy our democratic institutions and establish the tyranny of Republican minority rule.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,404 posts)
18. Today's Republican Party is incapable of doing policy.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:53 AM
5 hrs ago

They only do ideology. The Party has been rebuilding itself into a a rubber stamp body where independence, critical thinking, and bi-partisan legislation are unacceptable characteristics in our national governance. They only run candidates that can be controlled. Spinelessness is a major attribute. Ideally, skeletons in their personal lives are available to enforce Party loyalty.

And they have a significant number of voters who are oblivious to this reality.

kimbutgar

(26,743 posts)
19. They let the monster metastasize and now he's out of control
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 02:39 PM
3 hrs ago

He’s a cancer that could be stopped if they stand up to him and push back like chemotherapy!

blue_jay

(184 posts)
20. Today's Republicans are by and large not "american"
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 03:33 PM
2 hrs ago

They follow no American ideals or laws so they must not belong here. Perhaps they should go back to the countries that support their ideology more closely. Question is, are they turn coats, traitors, spies, I don't know, but they don't represent the values the founders of this country fought for.

markodochartaigh

(4,958 posts)
21. Reich-wing whackjobs have killed politicians, I get that. But.
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:03 PM
41 min ago

We ask soldiers to put their lives on the line for the US.

Why is it too much to ask of our representatives that they put their lives on the line for democracy?

popsdenver

(1,472 posts)
24. I say this all the time on DU
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 05:27 PM
17 min ago

We must quit saying Trump this and Trump that.........We need to say the Republicans this or the Republicans that.

If it weren't for the Republican Senators, Republican House Members, Republican Supreme Court Justices, and Republican Governors, he would have been impeached and kicked out of office the first week of his first "installation" in the White House......
Along with his entire CABAL.........

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