• Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Not just Trump, the entire GOP needs to take a serious, undeniable shellacking this election cycle. The sort of loss that forces them, and it won’t be easy, to do some serious introspection regarding the future existence of their party. We will need to force them to lose so badly that they’re toxicity is blatant, absolutely radioactive. At all levels from city dog catcher on up. If Harris/Walz doesn’t have a sympathetic Congress they won’t be able to pull our proverbial bacon out of the fire.

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      2 months ago

      I’m crossing my fingers that Florida flips, because IF Florida flips there’s a really good chance Texas flips too. At least I hope so, based on the trends in the polls. But then it’ll be a real landslide 🌊

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        2 months ago

        If that happens, Harris would probably win by a larger nationwide margin than Obama 2008. Not holding out for that.

        It is interesting that Florida and Texas have about the same margin in polls, though.

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      2 months ago

      There is no amount of introspection that could accomplish that, especially due to a mere election loss. At this point, the GOP is an amalgam of a cult and a criminal conspiracy that’s so far down the deep end of fascism that nothing short of being dismantled by the DOJ under racketeering and/or insurrection charges or being defeated militarily will put it off its current path.

      I mean, if you can think of any organization in history similar to Trump’s MAGA GOP that has rehabilitated itself without externally-applied force or violence, I’d love to hear it 'cause it would make me feel more hopeful. I, for one, don’t know that it’s ever happened any time in human history.