THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DEAD!

The Republican Party has totally abandoned all honor, integrity and responsibility, has abandoned the Constitution, American values, and traditional Republican and true conservative philosophy, and has lost credibility as a legitimate mainstream political party. 

The Republican party is truly dead and now must be buried.

By embracing Trump and “Trumpism”, and truly becoming the “Party of Trump”, the once Grand Old Party has also embraced corruption, cowardice, deceit, dishonesty, hypocrisy, and racism. 

It is very literally impossible for anyone with a brain and a conscience to continue to support Trump as President.  Anyone who supports Trump either doesn’t have a brain or doesn’t have a conscience.

Trump’ words and deeds are indefensible, and the continued defense of Trump’s words and deeds by the Republican Party and Republicans in Congress is unacceptable and indefensible.

Trump has committed, consistently and unapologetically throughout his entire business and political life, every single “bad act” that Republicans have claimed, rightfully or wrongfully, were committed by a Democrat and that they have denounced in the past.

The Republican Party is literally saying to the American public that only Democrats can commit, be charged with, and be held accountable for illegal and unethical activity.  The same activity performed by an alleged Republican is neither illegal nor unethical and should not be punished.

The term “Republican” has officially become a synonym for the word “hypocrisy”.

The only possible reason to explain the Republican Party’s support and defense of Trump is that they are afraid of offending, and losing the votes of, Trump’s core cult of ignorant racists, who apparently make up about 30% of American voters.  The votes of these deplorables are more important to Republicans than protecting the Constitution and the future of America.

It is vitally important that, if he survives impeachment, Trump must be voted out of office in the 2020 election.  But that is not all.  Every single Republican in Congress running for re-election who does not publicly oppose, denounce and disavow Trump must also be voted out of office. 

In the past I have voted for Democrats, Republicans and third-party candidates, depending on the candidate and the issues.  I will never again vote for any Republican for any office unless he or she vocally opposes, denounces and disavows Trump and “Trumpism”.

If the Republican Party is to survive, rank and file Republicans with a conscience, and true conservatives, must encourage, support, contribute to, and vote for a candidate who challenges Trump in the Republican primaries, like Governor Bill Weld, and encourage, support, contribute to, and vote for anti-Trump challengers to the current hypocritical Republicans in Congress in the primaries.  And they must only support local and statewide candidates who publicly oppose, denounce and disavow Trump.

A final point – see how the Republican Party has changed in my lifetime.  The following is from the official Republican Party Platform of 1956 (the highlight is mine) -

“While jealously guarding the free institutions and preserving the principles upon which our Republic was founded and has flourished, the purpose of the Republican Party is to establish and maintain a peaceful world and build at home a dynamic prosperity in which every citizen fairly shares.

We shall ever build anew, that our children and their children, without distinction because of race, creed or color, may know the blessings of our free land.

We believe that basic to governmental integrity are unimpeachable ethical standards and irreproachable personal conduct by all people in government. We shall continue our insistence on honesty as an indispensable requirement of public service. We shall continue to root out corruption whenever and wherever it appears.

We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs—expansion of Social Security—broadened coverage in unemployment insurance —improved housing—and better health protection for all our people. We are determined that our government remain warmly responsive to the urgent social and economic problems of our people.

To these beliefs we commit ourselves as we present this record and declare our goals for the future.”