Posted on 10/23/2023 12:12:09 PM PDT by xzins
For many years, the leadership of the Republican Party has been at war with the grassroots activists who work tirelessly on its behalf. This division has been apparent ever since Donald Trump descended the escalator in 2015 and announced his presidential campaign.
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The party establishment worked overtime to deny the nomination to Trump, yet the Republican voters overwhelmingly supported him. The resentment toward Trump and his supporters continued during his presidency and still exists today.
Sadly, there is little chance this divide will be bridged any time soon. The latest example occurred last week as congressional Republicans were attempting to elect a House Speaker.
The overwhelming favorite of the party’s base was U.S. Representative Jim Jordan(R-OH). He was the co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus and has served admirably as the House Judiciary Committee Chairman. His history as a stalwart conservative earned the trust of grassroots Republicans.
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Is the republican part a socialist party in our day?
Those voters are such a bore.
The GOP is dead. They just don’t know it yet.
This is what was behind the rise of Trump in the first place.
22 pretenders in Congress with an (R) behind their name are
at war with the 200 that voted for Jordan, and the greater
public Republican party.
This is a lousy system, where 22 block and the 90% can’t get
anything done.
Who was the Senate candidate that McConnell cheated out of a primary victory? From the south someplace: mississippi, alabama, something like that?
Or one can take down the entire system.
But…that’s the system you wanted. You got it.
The GOP isn’t at war with anybody.
They have no cojones for that.................
Eventually this will boil down to the NE elites vs every with a few Libs from other parts of the country thrown in for good measure…
-PJ
They have zero sense of unity because they’re all over the ideological map. Jordan’s candidacy proved that in a back room with no recorded votes, that over half are liberals.
The Republican Party is a private organization administered by the RNC, free to nominate whomever they wish and free to have whatever policies they wish.
“The Base” isn’t part of the equation. The supposed wishes of “the base” are of no concern to the Party or the RNC.
Whether this is wise or foolish of the Party remains to be seen. But it’s not a membership organization and people who imagine they count for something in the RNC strategic plan and actions are deluded fools.
Not sure what you’re referencing there.
Explain more.
The GOP Is Traitor To Its Base.
IDK, but McConnell helped torpedo Mo Brooks in the Alabama senate election and we ended up with a Richard Shelby type gifted…
This has been true for at least 30 years now. Maybe longer.
“ The GOP is dead. They just don’t know it yet.”
They don’t know it - but the corpse is beginning to stink.
+ the heat output of 10,000 suns.
Sorry, grifter…
I’m pretty sure it’s over 80% to be honest. (Leftists)
At least 200 were able to do the right thing.
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