Is "trolling the libs", now, the only consistent party platform of GOP

[Anonymous]

https://newrepublic.com/article/167755/desantis-marthas-vineyard-trolling-immigrants

Over the last five years, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has learned one lesson better than any other national Republican: If you want to go far in the Republican Party, you should emulate Donald Trump in every way possible. He’s pulled out all the stops: His home has been converted into an ersatz shrine to the former president; he’s directed his infant children to “build the wall” out of cardboard bricks and say, “Make America Great Again” in a campaign ad. He has even started talking with a quasi-Trumpian cadence and standing in that weird way where his arms are held awkwardly away from the body—a posture that makes him look a bit like an out-of-shape action figure.

But one of DeSantis’s achievements in his study of the Trumpian arts stands out above the rest. The Florida governor has, perhaps better than anyone in the contemporary GOP, mastered Trump’s main innovation: shitposting as policymaking. He has wrangled with Disney, one of his state’s most important employers, over made-up culture-war beefs about inclusivity and “wokeness.” On Thursday, he arguably took things further than ever, by flying dozens of asylum-seeking migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.

There is no actual point to DeSantis’s actions beyond weaponizing his own petulance—and the fervent hope that somewhere, even if it’s just online, some libs will be triggered. It’s a policy that accomplishes nothing beyond doing a grave indecency to some needful human beings for the sake of a live-action troll job.

And it was a classic Trump move: pointless, cruel, designed only to provoke. Trump’s border wall—still his signature policy—remains the quintessential policy position of the contemporary Republican Party. It is, first and foremost, a troll. It does little, if nothing, to reduce undocumented immigration. It is a metaphor more than a policy, flaunting what purports to be the simple solution to an incredibly complex issue.

Why is US in this precarious point where one major party out of two has given up governance and resorted to "trolling the libs" as its only policy? Where do we go from here. Is US going to die as a country from here onward? Will we be Germany of the past or USSR?

[Anonymous]

The constituency of the party isn’t interested in governance. Only exercising dominion over the libs.

[Anonymous]

Has been for a while.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely, OP. They hate the fact that we look down on them and think that they're generally backwards and stupid. They know that we (i.e., "coastal elites") call much of the country "fly-over states." It's a combination of envy and loathing that makes for a volatile mix. It becomes explosive when you combine it with increasing inequality (due to our meritocratic system, reductions in the social safety net, regressive tax system, unaffordable cost of living in Tier 1 cities, unaffordable healthcare, and competition from international trade), increasing multi-racial society (it's hard to think you're superior when a black man and now women hold one of the two highest offices in the land), and decline in traditional values (i.e., white/male/Christian). They've lost status. It hurts. And instead of trying to bring themselves up, they just want to find ways to bring others down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely, OP. They hate the fact that we look down on them and think that they're generally backwards and stupid. They know that we (i.e., "coastal elites") call much of the country "fly-over states." It's a combination of envy and loathing that makes for a volatile mix. It becomes explosive when you combine it with increasing inequality (due to our meritocratic system, reductions in the social safety net, regressive tax system, unaffordable cost of living in Tier 1 cities, unaffordable healthcare, and competition from international trade), increasing multi-racial society (it's hard to think you're superior when a black man and now women hold one of the two highest offices in the land), and decline in traditional values (i.e., white/male/Christian). They've lost status. It hurts. And instead of trying to bring themselves up, they just want to find ways to bring others down.

The petulant bully who throws tantrums and tries to beat up the other kids.

[Anonymous]

No, the party platform includes:
- tax cuts for billionaires and multinationals
- nationwide ban on abortion
- relaxation of pollution regulations

[Anonymous]

If you can't dazzle with brilliance then baffle with B...S...!

[Anonymous]

THat is all they have. Trolling so they can feel big.

[Anonymous]

Cute, OP. You all are so butthurt about what DeSantis did. Y'all hate it when your hypocrisy is on display. You'll get over it.

The Republican Party's platform is one of:

- smaller government
- lower taxes allowing hard working tax payers to keep more of their money
- strong energy policy that uses a VARIETY of energy sources and doesn't rely on green energy
- following the Constitution and not working to eliminate the electoral college or stack the Supreme Court like the Democrats are working to do
- parents involvement in education and that funding goes with the student
- strengthening law enforcement and not defund it like the Democrats want to do
- having a strong defense with the emphasis in the military being on preparedness and not on equity or gender identity or CRT
- and, of course, a secure border. Biden doesn't know the meaning of the word.

There are other items as well. Glad you asked!!!

[Anonymous]

Stacking the Supreme Court is unconstitutional?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cute, OP. You all are so butthurt about what DeSantis did. Y'all hate it when your hypocrisy is on display. You'll get over it.

The Republican Party's platform is one of:

- smaller government
- lower taxes allowing hard working tax payers to keep more of their money
- strong energy policy that uses a VARIETY of energy sources and doesn't rely on green energy
- following the Constitution and not working to eliminate the electoral college or stack the Supreme Court like the Democrats are working to do
- parents involvement in education and that funding goes with the student
- strengthening law enforcement and not defund it like the Democrats want to do
- having a strong defense with the emphasis in the military being on preparedness and not on equity or gender identity or CRT
- and, of course, a secure border. Biden doesn't know the meaning of the word.

There are other items as well. Glad you asked!!!

Thanks for the laugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stacking the Supreme Court is unconstitutional?

No, it isn’t.

Which is exactly why Joe should be appointing a dozen or more new Justices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cute, OP. You all are so butthurt about what DeSantis did. Y'all hate it when your hypocrisy is on display. You'll get over it.

The Republican Party's platform is one of:

- smaller government
- lower taxes allowing hard working tax payers to keep more of their money
- strong energy policy that uses a VARIETY of energy sources and doesn't rely on green energy
- following the Constitution and not working to eliminate the electoral college or stack the Supreme Court like the Democrats are working to do
- parents involvement in education and that funding goes with the student
- strengthening law enforcement and not defund it like the Democrats want to do
- having a strong defense with the emphasis in the military being on preparedness and not on equity or gender identity or CRT
- and, of course, a secure border. Biden doesn't know the meaning of the word.

There are other items as well. Glad you asked!!!

What a joke!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cute, OP. You all are so butthurt about what DeSantis did. Y'all hate it when your hypocrisy is on display. You'll get over it.

The Republican Party's platform is one of:

- smaller government
- lower taxes allowing hard working tax payers to keep more of their money
- strong energy policy that uses a VARIETY of energy sources and doesn't rely on green energy
- following the Constitution and not working to eliminate the electoral college or stack the Supreme Court like the Democrats are working to do
- parents involvement in education and that funding goes with the student
- strengthening law enforcement and not defund it like the Democrats want to do
- having a strong defense with the emphasis in the military being on preparedness and not on equity or gender identity or CRT
- and, of course, a secure border. Biden doesn't know the meaning of the word.

There are other items as well. Glad you asked!!!

Thanks for the laugh.

+1

Just more GOP trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cute, OP. You all are so butthurt about what DeSantis did. Y'all hate it when your hypocrisy is on display. You'll get over it.

The Republican Party's platform is one of:

- smaller government
- lower taxes allowing hard working tax payers to keep more of their money
- strong energy policy that uses a VARIETY of energy sources and doesn't rely on green energy
- following the Constitution and not working to eliminate the electoral college or stack the Supreme Court like the Democrats are working to do
- parents involvement in education and that funding goes with the student
- strengthening law enforcement and not defund it like the Democrats want to do
- having a strong defense with the emphasis in the military being on preparedness and not on equity or gender identity or CRT
- and, of course, a secure border. Biden doesn't know the meaning of the word.

There are other items as well. Glad you asked!!!

What a joke!

When Republicans take the midterms I'll be sure to return to say "I told you so."
American voters aren't having what the Democrats are trying to cram down their throats.