MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow says that it’s grow to be more and more clear in current weeks that the Republican Social gathering is damaged and incapable of even pretending to be a governing associate.
Whereas Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress work to handle the a number of crises which are wreaking havoc throughout the nation, Republicans are combating amongst themselves over whether or not they nonetheless imagine in democracy.
“On the Republican aspect, it’s some scary and type of unnerving stuff about whether or not or not they’re a celebration that endorses violence and whether or not they’re a celebration that also believes that democracy and elections are the best way that we resolve issues as a rustic,” the MSNBC host stated.
“How can that be your governing associate?” Maddow requested.
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Maddow stated:
Massive image although, we’re at this place proper now the place we’re supposedly a two-party, two main get together democracy. That’s been the supply of stability and continuity in our democracy for hundreds of years now. And we are actually fairly all of the sudden and clearly at this place the place the 2 events have completely totally different duties at hand. And on the Republican aspect, it’s some scary and type of unnerving stuff about whether or not or not they’re a celebration that endorses violence and whether or not they’re a celebration that also believes that democracy and elections are the best way that we resolve issues as a rustic. On the Democratic aspect, they’re simply making an attempt to control. They’re making an attempt to determine how you can get one thing executed with out having to cope with that dumpster fireplace on the opposite aspect. As a result of how can that be your governing associate? … The Republican Social gathering is having a really totally different disaster proper now. The Democratic Social gathering is making an attempt to determine how you can ship. And that makes the duty of the Democratic Social gathering completely totally different than what’s taking place on the opposite aspect. It makes it kind of earnest and civic proper now. But in addition extremely vital as as to whether or not we’re going to have a Republican Social gathering sooner or later. As a result of on the Republican Social gathering, that’s not the best way they’re approaching the nation’s issues proper now. The Democrats need to show they will do that or they’re going to need to cope with the dumpster fireplace over there once more when it comes to what the folks of the USA have to select from between the 2 choices obtainable to them. Simply an unbelievable scenario that we’re in.
The Republican Social gathering is damaged past restore
Joe Biden got here into workplace sincerely hoping that Donald Trump’s absence would shake the Republican Social gathering out of its four-year fever, nevertheless it doesn’t appear to be that’s about to occur.
As an alternative, the GOP has doubled down on Trumpism, with 45 senators on Tuesday essentially siding with violent insurrectionists by voting to dam a Senate impeachment trial.
Whereas the GOP transfer to dam the trial failed, it confirmed simply how damaged and irredeemable the Republican Social gathering is.
It’s changing into more and more clear that if Democrats are going to perform something over the following two years, they have to play hardball and do it on their very own.
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Sean Colarossi at the moment resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for each of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He additionally labored with Deliberate Parenthood as an Reasonably priced Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents acquire medical health insurance protection.