Republicans Could Own the Libs by Nominating Nikki Haley
Republicans Could Own the Libs by Nominating Nikki Haley
But they probably won't
Needless to say, most liberals don’t think highly of the Republican Party. Among the MSNBC/NPR set, the GOP is held in roughly the same esteem as rectal warts, if rectal warts could be accused of being racist. Trump’s ascension amplified those negative feelings by a factor of a jillion. It was as if every negative liberal stereotype about Republicans put on a suit, groped a bunch of women, called Miss Universe fat, and then ran for president and won.
Many Republicans see the liberal response to Trump as a performative overreaction. And, obviously, some of it is; Rachel Maddow’s show is less of a news program and more of a War of the Worlds reboot with Trump standing in for the aliens. The presence of anti-Trump hyperbole — often short-handed as Trump Derangement Syndrome — causes some Republicans to wave away all concerns about authoritarianism and white nationalism in the GOP as mere partisan slander. When confronted with Trump’s bigotry, anti-democratic tendencies, and criminality — plus whatever he’s done since I checked the news an hour ago (punched a widow? Carjacked the Pope?) — Republicans often treat Trump as an anomaly not representative of the real Republican Party.