Hmmm. He must be a "card carrying Republican", according to numerous FReepres who embrace the mainstream media's "RED=GOP" Orwellian speak and scream "VOTE RED!!" at the top of their lungs (as they said over and over during the 2018 election cycle). Anyone who argues "red" means something else gets shouted down on here, and the idea that associating the GOP with "red" could be a bad thing gets laughed off.
Amusingly, those same FReepers have a hissy fit when the mainstream media says the confederate flag = racism, and THEN they cry "we can't let the media define symbols for us!"
Ironic, isn't it?
So Pope Francis is a rock ribbed Republican. The Mainstream media told us all what "red" means and numerous FReepers blindly accept that terminology.
No kidding.
Plenty of us have pointed out the flip-flop in election symbolism.
I think it’s less about making Rep bad, than diverting from the association between commie reds and Dems. Someone finally got wise that maybe it’s not wise to tie Dems to red.