Writing in The Weekly Standard, Henry Olsen noted that over the past two decades Republicans have created "an alternative conservative media universe" [that] led to a conservative ghetto where well-meaning conservatives can live without ever coming into contact with people who disagree with them."
Since 1874 an elephant has been the Republican symbol. A better symbol for the current Republican Party would be the mushroom: voters who are kept in the dark and fed bullshit.
4. The Republican rank-and-file separated from the Washington elite and embraced anarchy. The candidacy of Donald Trump is a logical outcome of the Tea-Party movement that first decried the Washington establishment and then bemoaned the failure of Republican congressional leadership to keep promises made during the 2012 and 2014 elections (abolish Obamacare; reduce the size of government; etc.).
The GOP rank-and-file embraced Trump because he is an outsider -- someone with no government experience -- who embraces the core Republican values: anti-intellectualism, racism, nativism, and sexism. They love Trump because he is opposed to political correctness and tells them it is okay to be white.
First came the stupid party. And then came Donald Trump.
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