I follow Kinzinger on BlueSky and I could have sworn he had left the party. I see now he refers to himself as RINO
Even though he has in the past voted for plenty things I disagree with and apparently “90% in line with Trump” before turning against him, I have to say… yes. If Kinzinger ran that’d be nice. Sadly, the GOP primary polls put Vance way ahead… Still early days, though. Who knows? DeSantis seemed to be doing well for 2024 until he wasn’t anymore. Maybe Vance screws up. Maybe Trump loses his appeal completely. It’d be nothing short of a miracle, though. Kinzinger actually even has a decent record on LGBT rights. It’d be a spectacular change.
As for Cheney… Not many people share this opinion, clearly it didn’t work, but I found Cheney useful in Harris’ campaign. To me it said “Look. Everyone from Sanders to Cheney opposes Trump. This is it. This is all of us. From left to right, everyone opposes Trump. Him and his friends are not even on the map. He’s far-right. He’s anti-democratic. He’s not part of the debate. He wants to end the debate.” (But yes, of course, I understand how the GOP enabled the oligarchy-driven autocracy that Trump is trying to cement. I know that Cheney isn’t one of the good guys)
I can live with Republicans who have integrity, and are truly committed to the true Republican tenets. I don’t agree with a lot of their stuff, but I can respect it. Not many left. My Dad was one.
But Republicans were just the larval stage of MAGA, which is indefensible in every way. True Republicans don’t really exist anymore, I suppose Kinzinger and Cheney are among the last T Rexes of an extinct political philosophy that exists in name only, almost as a sick joke.
There is no more Republican Party any more. It the MAGA Party now.
I follow Kinzinger on BlueSky and I could have sworn he had left the party. I see now he refers to himself as RINO
Even though he has in the past voted for plenty things I disagree with and apparently “90% in line with Trump” before turning against him, I have to say… yes. If Kinzinger ran that’d be nice. Sadly, the GOP primary polls put Vance way ahead… Still early days, though. Who knows? DeSantis seemed to be doing well for 2024 until he wasn’t anymore. Maybe Vance screws up. Maybe Trump loses his appeal completely. It’d be nothing short of a miracle, though. Kinzinger actually even has a decent record on LGBT rights. It’d be a spectacular change.
As for Cheney… Not many people share this opinion, clearly it didn’t work, but I found Cheney useful in Harris’ campaign. To me it said “Look. Everyone from Sanders to Cheney opposes Trump. This is it. This is all of us. From left to right, everyone opposes Trump. Him and his friends are not even on the map. He’s far-right. He’s anti-democratic. He’s not part of the debate. He wants to end the debate.” (But yes, of course, I understand how the GOP enabled the oligarchy-driven autocracy that Trump is trying to cement. I know that Cheney isn’t one of the good guys)
I can live with Republicans who have integrity, and are truly committed to the true Republican tenets. I don’t agree with a lot of their stuff, but I can respect it. Not many left. My Dad was one.
But Republicans were just the larval stage of MAGA, which is indefensible in every way. True Republicans don’t really exist anymore, I suppose Kinzinger and Cheney are among the last T Rexes of an extinct political philosophy that exists in name only, almost as a sick joke.
There is no more Republican Party any more. It the MAGA Party now.