They Are Republicans

[angrychair]

Clarity of message is critical. Its not "maga" or "magnet" or "trumper". They are Republicans.
We need to hang that moniker around their neck as a sign of shame.
I realized years ago, during the Tea Party years, that the mistake was not tying them directly back to the Republican Party.

They are doing this to the country. Not "maga" or "a trumper" but a Republican is doing it all.

If it's racist, it's a Republican. If it's misogynistic, it's a Republican. If it's a xeno-purist, it's a Republican. If it's antisemitic, it's a Republican. If it's homophobic, it's a Republican.

The problem is Republicans. No one else. Just Republicans.

[Stacey Grove]

1. They've ALWAYS been Nazis and reactionaries since Reagan to me

Now they're just lying mouth-drooling cowards without any moral character.

I remember that Reagan and Tip O'Neill respected each other and the political process (mostly).

[enigmania]

9. I can recall the sneers during the Nixon years.

[Stacey Grove]

10. My first vote for a Democrat was in the late 80s/early 90s (not gonna specify an exact date)

when I was legally able to do so.

You're probably older than I am.

[GiqueCee]

29. Their perfidy...

... goes back even further than the Reagan years. There was the McCarthy era, of course, but my favorite is the infamous, and not too well known, attempt to overthrow FDR, when they tried to hire retired Marine Major General Smedley Butler to do the wetwork, but he instead dropped a dime on 'em in a Congressional hearing. Dubya's grandpappy, Prescott Bush, was allegedly a co-conspirator.
Of course, nothing was done.

[JT45242]

30. Goes back to the original Nazi collaborator America First group...including old man Trump

Because spineless Truman refused to charge them with treason -- the republican party became bold and bolder at lying and cheating -- see
exhibit A) the Red Scare courtesy of Macarthy and his minion Nixon
Exhibit B) Nixon paying the North Vietnamese to not attend the peace talks to ruin LBJ presidency
Exhibit C) the crime family that was the Nixon/Agnew white house with their minions who worked for Reagan and Bush Sr
Exhibit D) Reagan, Baker, et al paying money to the Iranians to hold onto the hostages so that they could win the election
Exhibit E) The crime family junior of the Reagan-Bush years
Exhibit F) Billy Barr -- the scumbag that keeps on giving -- and the pardons of the Raygun crime syndicate
Exhibit G) W and the lies about WMD so that they could get rich on oil

So, yeah lying and criminal has been synonymous with Republican since the 1930s

[AllaN01Bear]

36. so has nazi beliefs .

[taxi]

2. This!

The hatred, abuses, sadism, lust for revenge, and turpitude is what attracts them to be Republicans.

[J_William_Ryan]

3. "The problem is Republicans. No one else. Just Republicans."

Correct – it’s not just Trump; in fact, Trump is a product of the GOP: the racism, bigotry, and misogyny, the fear, ignorance, and stupidity, the contempt for democracy, the rule of law, and the Constitution.

[lonely bird]

13. Yup

Trump and MAGAts are symptoms. Republicans/conservatism is the issue.

[Mme. Defarge]

4. This cannot be emphasized strongly enough!

Our system cannot function properly without a good faith opposition party. We are now in the untenable position of “heads they win, tails we lose” and we must find a way to right our ship of state.

[peacebuzzard]

5. I certainly think so as well.

Some are in hiding, still.
They don't realize it, or the problems, and only think of their rich-ass selves and tax benefits.
They are Scrooges, they want it all, and want more, and that is it.
It is all about them.
They cannot, for whatever reason, think of our good planet or their fellow earth dwellers; that thought has no concept outside of their little scrooge world.
They try to socialize, but in the deepest realms of their hearts it's a mean ass & somewhat miserable scrooge hiding there. So, they live among us, in hiding and count their beans.
They don't discuss politics with the ones who care; although they want to socialize at times, but they remain quiet when sociopolitical discussions arise...
And they vote Republican.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. "They are Republicans" is key tie to make for 2026 midterm elections. . . . . nt

[Escape]

7. Excellent point!

Ike Eisenhower became president a couple of months after I was born. He was probably the last decent Republican.

Honest Republicans are like unicorns and talking dogs.

[Joinfortmill]

16. Yup.

[lame54]

8. Libertarian...

Republicans in denial

[mac56]

27. Republicans who want to smoke weed.

[mdbl]

11. Anymore the term Republican is just synonomous with the word Asshole

Just being an asshole implies a complete lack of intelligence, empathy and humility and in Dump's case, morality.

[Stacey Grove]

12. It has been since Eisenhower

[lavoosh99]

20. Assholes: A Theory

Is a book written by philosopher Aaron James. His definition of an asshole is someone who allows "...himself to enjoy special advantages and does so systematically; does this out of an entrenched sense of entitlement; and is immunized by his sense of entitlement against the complaints of other people." (James used the masculine pronoun because he believed most assholes are men, but the book was published in 2012, way before Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0, where we have seen that assholism is an equal opportunity condition.)
That definition is okay as far as it goes but a simpler, more accurate one is, "An asshole is someone who is willing to do ANYTHING to get what they want." Lying, cheating, stealing, killing - for an asshole, the ends always justify the means. They say things like, "Don't bother me with the facts, just give me the bottom line." or "There are no reasons, only excuses."
As for republicons, not all assholes are republicons, but all republicons are assholes, in the same way that while not all Masons are Shriners all Shriners are Masons. To be a Shriner one must be a Mason first. To be a true republicon, one needs to be an asshole.

(Note to anyone who thinks I am saying that Masons and Shriners are assholes, please go back to school and improve your reading comprehension.)

[mdbl]

21. Thank you for the in-depth. And I am sure someone has said this already - welcome to DU!

[calimary]

22. Welcome to DU, lavoosh99!

I just looked that up. It’s definitely a book and not terribly expensive. How ‘bout that!

Details here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Assholes%3A+A+Theory&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#ebo=0

I must confess, my curiosity is turned up WAY high!

[lavoosh99]

24. Thanks For The Welcome Calimary

and mdbl too. I've been reading DU for years but usually don't feel I have much to add to most topics - DUers generally cover issues completely and thouroughly.

[calimary]

25. True enough! We've got some world-class thinkers here.

And pretty much every imaginable kind of expertise. I can’t think of a single topic or subject that doesn’t have somebody here who can explain and debunk and advocate.

I’ve learned so much here from some of the nicest, kindest people you’d ever hope to meet!

[Grins]

14. Not tying the Tea Party to the GOP...

“…the Tea Party…the mistake was not tying them directly back to the Republican Party.”

[Druftglass did!!! Famous for the line: “There is no Tea Party!” And then detailing
their sordid history. Google it and him.

The Tea Party fraud was back then just the most recent incarnation of Republican fantasy fraud to re-image itself. But in reality the same Bible-belted bigoted idiots, racists, anti-government, anti-education clods and jingoists they have always been.
Scratch a MAGA, reveal a Tea bagger.
Scratch a tea-bagger, reveal an “American Firster” (parts I AND II.)
Scratch an American Firster, reveal the Klan.
Scratch a Klansman, reveal a Know-Nothing.

[Joinfortmill]

15. AMEN!

[barbtries]

17. I agree.

I do that always. NOT congress, republicans. maga is republicans. there are no conservatives left in the republican party, so stop calling republicans and magats conservatives.

I know some conservatives, people of good faith. they're either no longer republicans, or no longer voting for republicans. period.

republicans are hell bent on destroying democracy and the USA in the process.

[chouchou]

18. They don't like liberals/Democrats but, they DO love the left wing Health care, Social Security...

....OSHA, and many other wonderful things that lefties came up with.
Selfish is the operative word.

[Mr.Bee]

19. They Are Republicants

Republican'ts govern.

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. They're right-wingers

That's what I've called them for years. It's politically accurate, yet derisive.

[live love laugh]

26. Been saying this for years. If this is only tied to Trump when he goes they'll get off scott free.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

31. I knew they were fascist

Years ago when I saw “there is a natural order of things” on thier party platform decades ago.

[Clouds Passing]

28. Republicant do anything right

[idahoblue]

32. They are RINO republicans

This is not Eisenhower, Goldwater, Reagan or any Bush. These fascists do not embrace any traditional Republican values. This has no resemblance to the Republicans of our childhood.

[angrychair]

34. Got to say

The romanticizing of these particular men by many on the left is shocking to me.
Eisenhower was a religious nut that put god in every single classroom and on our money.
Goldwater was an anti-union, anti-civil rights and supported McCarthy (who was responsible for both the red and lavender scares)
Reagan was a psychopath. He created a secret deal for Iran to hold our hostages until after Carter lost the election and it literally got worse from there...Iran-Contra Scandal, AIDS epidemic, attacks on Black folk, poor people, "war on drugs"

Truly some of the most awful people to ever hold office that caused such systemic damage to democracy I honestly believe the situation we are in is, at least in part, the fault of these three men.

[llmart]

33. This is a very important point!

I have been using that for quite some time now. When anti-Trumpers want to talk about what he's doing to our country I immediately reply first with, "It's not only Trump. It's the entire GOP who sanction everything he's doing."

[angrychair]

35. I push back

And say that Mango Mussolini is the Republican Party. 100% of it. To say anything else is not reality.