Over in the Lawyers, Guns and Money blog, Paul Campos argues anyone who belongs to or supports the institutional Republican party is supporting an authoritarian, ethno-nationalist agenda. I agree with his assessment with the proviso that not every member of the party implicitly supports such goals. There is a small, but substantial minority in the party who support the traditional Republican mantra of small government, low taxes and a strong national defense. Many of these people vote for whatever candidate the party supports, much as many rank and file democrats do for their party's nominee.
The trial of Donny Two Scoops for attempting to subvert democracy with the aid and connivance of the Republican party will, i hope, open the eyes of these Republicans to the danger their party poses to American liberal democracy. Only several crushing electoral defeats will start the process of reform in one of the country's two main political parties.
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