"Ciattarelli deeply understands policy, has a history of working across party lines, and (especially in the space I am specifically passionate about, education) has shown up and challenged the status quo."
That makes Ciattarelli running a campaign where he tried to Trumpify his image and defend Trump all the more inexcusable. Because it means that he knows better and is sufficiently unprincipled to be willing to embrace Trump anyway. Glad it backfired on him.
Ciaittarelli was also quoted as saying his job was to “…support President Trump.” That alone automatically disqualified him, no matter what other potentially redeeming qualities he might have had. The only Republicans worthy of anything other than visceral opposition are those interested in rebuilding the GOP from the ground up as a normal center-right political party. You cannot have people who don’t respect our laws and norms in positions of power—full stop.
I tend to agree in theory but doing so in practice would be very difficult.
As I’ve thought about the various challenges we will face over the next several years, I’m increasingly intrigued by Chris Armitrage’s “soft secession” theory as an option. Focus on saving the parts of the country that want to be saved and leave our wannabe fascists to live with the mess they created— but without us (or our financial support).
What the republican party has brought down on America makes their rehabitatism, in my opinion, impossible. Those now in the republican party should be removed from American politics.
I know this is extreme, but so is what they have turned America into.
"Ciattarelli deeply understands policy, has a history of working across party lines, and (especially in the space I am specifically passionate about, education) has shown up and challenged the status quo."
That makes Ciattarelli running a campaign where he tried to Trumpify his image and defend Trump all the more inexcusable. Because it means that he knows better and is sufficiently unprincipled to be willing to embrace Trump anyway. Glad it backfired on him.
Ciaittarelli was also quoted as saying his job was to “…support President Trump.” That alone automatically disqualified him, no matter what other potentially redeeming qualities he might have had. The only Republicans worthy of anything other than visceral opposition are those interested in rebuilding the GOP from the ground up as a normal center-right political party. You cannot have people who don’t respect our laws and norms in positions of power—full stop.
I tend to agree in theory but doing so in practice would be very difficult.
As I’ve thought about the various challenges we will face over the next several years, I’m increasingly intrigued by Chris Armitrage’s “soft secession” theory as an option. Focus on saving the parts of the country that want to be saved and leave our wannabe fascists to live with the mess they created— but without us (or our financial support).
What the republican party has brought down on America makes their rehabitatism, in my opinion, impossible. Those now in the republican party should be removed from American politics.
I know this is extreme, but so is what they have turned America into.
And we did nothing. . . . . .
And we continue to do nothing.
Trump should have been in jail decades ago BUT
we did nothing. . . . . .
I hope it means other Dems have a better chance of winning in 2026.
Hope.
That is, unfortunately, all America's future rests on.
I feel America's future should rest on a MUCH stronger foundation than "hope."