I fear the time may have arrived to say goodbye, farewell, adieu to a once-great American political party.
The Republican Party may be drawing its last breath in the Age of Donald John Trump Sr.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake has announced he is leaving public office at the end of next year. So is Sen. Bob Corker. They are two standup up guys. They represent the traditional Republican Party. They have sought during their Senate careers to work within a political system that includes Democrats. I don’t recall hearing them use the kind of language that’s become the apparent norm these days during the Trump Era.
Sen. John McCain is no friend or political ally of the president. And no matter how many smiley faces they make in Trump’s company in front of the camera, I do not believe Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell or Sen. Lindsey Graham, or Sen. John Cornyn are actual Trumpkins.
And the members of the Trump brigade need to stop denigrating their service by referring to them as RINOs, Republicans in Name Only. The RINO in chief, Trump, fits that description to a T.
We’re seeing more and more “establishment type” Republicans facing primary challenges, which is what drove Flake to the sideline.
As the Politico article attached to this post indicates, Trump is driving these people away and turning the GOP into a party in his image.
Trump “tells it like it is,” his fans say. No, he tells it like he wants it to be. And for the life of me I cannot understand how a once-great party tolerates someone speaking of others in the manner that he does.
Donald Trump has defied every norm not just of political convention but of personal human decency since announcing his presidential campaign in June 2015.
A man with no public service experience ascended to the most exalted public office on Earth and nearly a year into his term has next to zero to show for it. His response has been to blame others time and again for his failure.
So here we are. The Republican Party — which once prided itself on being the Party of Abraham Lincoln — has become the Party of Donald John Trump.
Rest in ever-loving peace, GOP.