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Date: March 23, 2025 at 07:35:39
From: The Hierophant, [DNS_Address]
Subject: You think Repubs realize they've started hurting the wrong people |
URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/you-think-republicans-realize-they-ve-started-hurting-the-wrong-people-opinion/ar-AA1BtQQP?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=40424193ea834b13d54545f80ed50b86&ei=13 |
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Pretty accurate op ed:
"I realize that things are so upside down in American
politics that it's easy to catastrophize the
malfeasance that Republicans are joyously letting
spread through the Trump administration.
The sheer volume of the current Republican
miscalculation of the American people will ultimately
be a gift to Democrats and to those of us who would
rather not have a government so purposefully targeting
and hurting Americans without making anything better.
You see, Republicans are too far down the MAGA rabbit
hole to even see the mistake they've made. So I'll tell
you.
Trump and his GOP enablers are hurting the wrong
people. His latest political mistake is an attempt to
exsanguinate the U.S. Department of Education, which
hurls money at Republican states.
Republican fear and hate of anything 'different' was a
proud moment
They started fine. Right out of the gate, they went
after transgender people, diversity, equity and
inclusion and words that were scary because of
"wokeness." These are political shots that MAGA loves
to shoot. These are the people and ideas that
Republicans are required to weaponize as a way to scare
their base. These are the exact people Trump was
supposed to be hurting, and none of it helped anybody
do anything anywhere. But that doesn't matter. The pain
caused is joy gained.
Trump had achieved the perfect mix of useless political
action and apparent political achievement.
So when he took office in January and immediately
proceeded to dunk on all of those people and words,
chances are Trump voters were living their best life.
They were out here high-fiving and feeling supported as
their prince of hate vanquished the unworthy.
It was a good time for MAGA nation, right? The hate
vibes were high, and everybody who was supposed to feel
targeted felt targeted. It doesn't even matter that the
Trump administration has lost almost 50 court rulings
on the way to all that winning.
Then, something changed.
Trump and Musk needed more sacrifices to their ego
altar
The hateful euphoria that came from transphobic, racist
and misogynistic executive orders could only last for
so long. So Trump and Elon Musk had to find something
new to feed on.
That something new quickly and chaotically became the
rest of us. Suddenly, the people cheering MAGA's march
to pointless culture war wins found themselves standing
in front of the tanks that were recklessly redeployed.
To save us some time, I'll list some of the other
people Republican ineptitude is targeting by way of
letting Trump and Musk run around the federal
government like a child you give five minutes to pick a
toy:
-The Department of Veteran Affairs has been gutted.
-Medicaid and Medicare cuts are quickly becoming a
thing.
-The Department of Education will be a skeleton of
itself.
-Federal workers laid off live across the country,
including red states.
-Measles is spreading nationwide, and Health and Human
Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s response has
been largely gibberish.
-Trump's tariff war has sent the economy reeling.
-The Trump administration has openly threatened judges.
Voters are already starting to notice Trump has turned
on them
Look at that list, which isn't even comprehensive.
Republicans have targeted veterans, educators, federal
workers, judges and our economy, and they seem
committed to adding Medicaid recipients to their hit
list.
That's a wide net of political malpractice bound to
catch some MAGA minnows and voters who were tricked
into thinking Trump was the one to fix everything.
Is it any wonder that voters in congressional districts
are overwhelmingly Republicans with complaints during
town halls that were probably meant to be a group hug
of making America hate again?
These voters aren't yelling because of the Republican
disdain for immigrants or people of color. They're not
up in arms over transphobia that has become the GOP
platform.
No, they're angry because Trump and Republicans have
started hurting the wrong people."
Honestly, I could go on for a few more minutes, but you
get the idea. We've reached the point of the Republican
reign where there are fewer Americans not negatively
impacted by MAGA animosity. They've gone from vilifying
"woke" to aggressively hurting everybody, including
their own voters.
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Date: March 23, 2025 at 10:14:24
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: You think Repubs realize they've started hurting the wrong people |
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Exactly… as I’ve noted, it’s the energy of emotionally disturbed
adolescent ego acting out its need to dominate anything it can, in the
adult world, “prove” that its ability to “force things its way” means they’re
somehow superior to anything truly *adult* and reasoned…
They can do their best to try and dress that behavior in grownup-sized
clothing…but you can’t hide a child being a child quite so overtly…
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Date: March 23, 2025 at 13:50:49
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: You think Repubs realize they've started hurting the wrong people |
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yep...they are transparent in ways they never dreamed of...
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