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ianisms10 t1_ir15oei wrote

Reply to comment by JustSomeGuy_56 in Anti-Malinowski ads by Aynile_Wreckoning_69

This is just what Republicans do now. The so-called "normal" Republicans no longer have a place in the party.

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One_Rope2511 t1_ir1uqp5 wrote

I’d bet a lot of those “normal” Republicans have become a part of the “centrist” wing of the Democrat party. It’s because the whole Republican Party has shifted to the “far right”.🗳🇺🇸

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ianisms10 t1_ir1x9uu wrote

Correct. Democrats think the only way to win is to get people like that to vote for them, hence why they silence the left, and that's how we end up with people like Gottheimer.

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shower_ghost t1_ir17lzz wrote

They have a place in the party as probably single issue voters who would rather vote for any Republican, no matter how shitty, than even a centrist Democrat if it means getting their way. Think the “lower taxes” crowd. They aren’t MAGA but they aren’t in danger of flipping either so they’re an easy win. I think the GOP would rather rile up their base than extend olive branches to moderates within their own party, knowing that the moderates are lifers as long as they stick to the Reagan-era playbook. They may not like Trump and his ilk but they aren’t afraid to vote for them when the time comes.

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ianisms10 t1_ir18r0w wrote

I guess I meant more the politicians. They can't get elected as Republicans anymore without being full MAGA (which inevitably means they'll just switch parties and the Democratic establishment will welcome them with open arms), but even those voters I think are starting to see the writing on the wall.

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shower_ghost t1_ir17o32 wrote

They have a place in the party as probably single issue voters who would rather vote for any Republican, no matter how shitty, than even a centrist Democrat if it means getting their way. Think the “lower taxes” crowd. They aren’t MAGA but they aren’t in danger of flipping either so they’re an easy win. I think the GOP would rather rile up their base than extend olive branches to moderates within their own party, knowing that the moderates are lifers as long as they stick to the Reagan-era playbook. They may not like Trump and his ilk but they aren’t afraid to vote for them when the time comes.

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