Republican Party - General Discussion

Shekss is gerrymandering.

Edward Cooper2 said:The Republican Party wins because half the voters stay home on election day. That gives them a free pass to screw everyone over for the next four years...

That’s how the left side always plays it. They just sit there comforting themselves, and if you dare to point out how much their political branding or actual platform sucks... I guess they’d probably try to cancel you or something.

Emily Smith6 said:Meryl Streep: It’s not like George W. Bush was stealing money as a hobby; he was doing it while he was running the country

Everything she said is spot on. The only catch is that nobody actually gives a damn.

Kyle Nelson2 said:The Republican Party isn't winning elections because they’re actually doing a good job... it’s just that the Democratic Party is such a disaster.

And honestly, this court ruling? It’s not going to change a single thing.

And honestly? No court ruling is ever going to change that reality. Not even massive trials, huge scandals, cabinet shakeups, or the way the headquarters bends every single policy to suit whoever happens to be in power.

Kenneth Perez15 said:Everything she said is spot on. The only catch is that nobody actually gives a damn.

And honestly? No court ruling is ever going to change that reality. Not even massive trials, huge scandals, cabinet shakeups, or the way the headquarters bends every single policy to suit whoever happens to be in power.

Just a month ago, Donald Trump openly stated he wants much harsher measures in place for citizens than what we see now. Should I really give my vote to that leftist totalitarian, that relic of communism? I’d rather have the Republican Party in power. (Never thought I'd say it, but here we are—choosing the lesser of two evils.)

He’s just a weak, totalitarian lightweight. You have to look further afield; for now, I'm putting my chips on the Progressives. That's where my vote went.

The Democratic Party is already a walking corpse, starting to lash out desperately. A vote for them is a wasted vote.

Nancy Gomez26 said:If you simply round up people you dislike and send them to a firing squad or drop them into a gas chamber, you aren't practicing justice. You aren't even attempting it. It doesn't matter if some of those individuals actually committed crimes; once you abandon the process, the "why" becomes irrelevant. That is an entirely different matter from proving someone’s guilt in a court of law through evidence—ensuring that what they did was illegal at the time it occurred, without the absurdity of retroactive laws. For any system to work, the law must be applied equally to everyone, not cherry-picked when it suits a specific agenda. A court requires legitimacy to hold any authority at all. There are numerous prerequisites required to give a legal process its foundation. The tragedy here is that we actually possess all these institutions; they simply lack the functionality to work. And because they fail us, people like you begin calling for "solutions" like mass graves.

After all the proven fraud, the rigging, and the looting where millions and billions just vanish—those Republican Party types either stay right where they are or suddenly land a cushy job as an advisor or director at some agency like the Department of Energy or the EPA, specifically reserved for their own kind.

How much longer are we supposed to wait for the system to actually start working? Or are Americans—being the incredibly patient, almost saint-like people they are—just going to sit around waiting for someone to get judged somewhere else?

It’s one system versus this other system / you have guys over there getting prison time for embezzling public funds, while over here, we have these "great patriotic businessmen" stealing without any obstacles whatsoever. We’re basically living in a brand new Switzerland.

Kenneth Perez15 said:Everything she said is spot on. The only catch is that nobody actually gives a damn.

And honestly? No court ruling is ever going to change that reality. Not even massive trials, huge scandals, cabinet shakeups, or the way the headquarters bends every single policy to suit whoever happens to be in power.

It helps when the opposition is basically useless. I mean, look—Musk is pulling in massive amounts of cash and getting extensions on deadlines he already blew through, and the opposition does... nothing. They're too busy fighting amongst themselves, reorganizing their committees for the tenth time, or obsessing over some ideological nonsense that nobody cares about.

The Republican Party is only this terrible because they just give the people exactly what they want, and honestly, who cares how they do it?
Did we get streamlined travel agreements with the USA? Yeah...
Did we get that major infrastructure project approved? Yeah.
Are we joining the global trade zone? Yes.

That's what people want—just give them a better future instead of all this fighting over minority rights...
And the leftists, excuse my French, are so clueless that if you actually told them to focus on important stuff—like stop pushing for migrant rights or LGBT agendas (I'm talking about actual interests here, not the rights they truly deserve)—they'd probably reject it with a sneer.

That's why rulings like this just pass through without much of a fuss...

Kyle Nelson2 said:It helps when the opposition is basically useless. I mean, look—Musk is pulling in massive amounts of cash and getting extensions on deadlines he already blew through, and the opposition does... nothing. They're too busy fighting amongst themselves, reorganizing their committees for the tenth time, or obsessing over some ideological nonsense that nobody cares about.

The Republican Party is only this terrible because they just give the people exactly what they want, and honestly, who cares how they do it?
Did we get streamlined travel agreements with the USA? Yeah...
Did we get that major infrastructure project approved? Yeah.
Are we joining the global trade zone? Yes.

That's what people want—just give them a better future instead of all this fighting over minority rights...
And the leftists, excuse my French, are so clueless that if you actually told them to focus on important stuff—like stop pushing for migrant rights or LGBT agendas (I'm talking about actual interests here, not the rights they truly deserve)—they'd probably reject it with a sneer.

That's why rulings like this just pass through without much of a fuss...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is part of the opposition, isn't she?

Christian Torres3 said:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is part of the opposition, isn't she?

And what about these supposed "heavyweights" of the opposition? Griffin? The folks from the Green Party? The group out of Boise?

I mean, if a party holds more than 20% of the seats in Congress but stays dead silent when someone like Elon Musk does something crazy, they don't even deserve to be there...
But sure, let them talk about migrants, minorities, and those rainbow-colored family picture books instead...

Kyle Nelson2 said:And what about these supposed "heavyweights" of the opposition? Griffin? The folks from the Green Party? The group out of Boise?

I mean, if a party holds more than 20% of the seats in Congress but stays dead silent when someone like Elon Musk does something crazy, they don't even deserve to be there...
But sure, let them talk about migrants, minorities, and those rainbow-colored family picture books instead...

Yeah, right, like we need to move the goalposts...

Mostovac is only opposition in name; in reality, they’re just loyal Republican helpers whenever things get messy.

Christian Torres3 said:Yeah, right, like we need to move the goalposts...

Mostovac is only opposition in name; in reality, they’re just loyal Republican helpers whenever things get messy.

It's a good thing we at least have the Democratic Party and the Progressives to oppose the Republicans.

The Progressives and the Democrats are both to blame for that terrible recovery law since they voted for it right alongside the Republicans.

https://www.nytimes.com/news/politics/progressive-party-updates...ati-citizens/

Alex Moore3 said:It's a good thing we at least have the Democratic Party and the Progressives to oppose the Republicans.

The Progressives and the Democrats are both to blame for that terrible recovery law since they voted for it right alongside the Republicans.

https://www.nytimes.com/news/politics/progressive-party-updates...ati-citizens/

Says Nina, who was out there publicly whining with her partner about how she can't get a seat at the table in city hall. 🤣

Christian Torres3 said:Says Nina, who was out there publicly whining with her partner about how she can't get a seat at the table in city hall. 🤣

Nina also added this:

"We have the moral high ground to criticize this act, unlike some others—it's strange to hear the Green Party claiming the law is flawed now. Why did you vote for it in the first place? The Greens fueled the moral panic, pushed for its immediate passage, and supported it right along with the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. They are complicit and owe the public an apology. This law is poorly written and impossible to enforce," said the Bridge representative in Congress.

Here is a little more, just so you don't think Nina is out there making these accusations all by himself:

The disaster involving the Reconstruction Act, which they are already changing after only a year, is a perfect example of how this Government operates.

https://www.telegram.com/politics/disaster-of-this-government/

And that brings us to the amendments to the Reconstruction Act passed by the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the Greens.

But if you want to claim they are the only opposition, go ahead. You're quite the analyst. 😁

Alex Moore3 said:It's a good thing we at least have the Democratic Party and the Progressives to oppose the Republicans.

The Progressives and the Democrats are both to blame for that terrible recovery law since they voted for it right alongside the Republicans.

https://www.nytimes.com/news/politics/progressive-party-updates...ati-citizens/

Here’s the deal with this law:

Plenković is spinning the narrative pretty well: ‘The opposition broke quorum and turned their backs on earthquake victims’
https://us.telegram.org/politics/reconstruction-act/amp

Quincy:

“We had an open discussion with all our partners. They showed us strong support,” he says, before pivoting back to attacking the opposition. “They turned their backs on the people hit by the earthquake. It’s immoral; you just don't do that. I was naive enough to think they weren't that kind of people. You don't forget that. If you needed help from those people, they wouldn't give it to you. That’s not a threat. If they were the majority and one representative was sick, I would never break quorum in a situation like this. They did this from the heart and they're happy about it. Meanwhile, they're lying. They are immoral people who are capable of breaking quorum to stop important things from being passed,” thinks the Prime Minister.

So, I guess that one week of delay was actually the reason why absolutely nothing has been rebuilt yet.

driftingtinker said:Here’s the deal with this law:

Plenković is spinning the narrative pretty well: ‘The opposition broke quorum and turned their backs on earthquake victims’
https://us.telegram.org/politics/reconstruction-act/amp

Quincy:

“We had an open discussion with all our partners. They showed us strong support,” he says, before pivoting back to attacking the opposition. “They turned their backs on the people hit by the earthquake. It’s immoral; you just don't do that. I was naive enough to think they weren't that kind of people. You don't forget that. If you needed help from those people, they wouldn't give it to you. That’s not a threat. If they were the majority and one representative was sick, I would never break quorum in a situation like this. They did this from the heart and they're happy about it. Meanwhile, they're lying. They are immoral people who are capable of breaking quorum to stop important things from being passed,” thinks the Prime Minister.

So, I guess that one week of delay was actually the reason why absolutely nothing has been rebuilt yet.

Yeah, that's the law. But that single week isn't why the reconstruction has stalled. The real issue is that the law was passed after a week of delays, despite all the warnings that it was flawed and wouldn't actually work in practice.
The Republican Party majority pushed it through with help from the Democratic Party and the Green party.
As for the opposition—which this "expert analyst" claims barely even exists—they were either voting against it or abstaining during the vote.
Reconstruction Law Passed
Congress passed amendments to the Reconstruction Law on Friday. These changes extend the law's application beyond Washington, D.C., to include Sisak-Moslavina and Karlovec County, which were hit hard by the devastating earthquake on December 29th. The vote saw 113 representatives in favor, three opposed, and 25 abstentions.

Within just a few months, it became clear the law was unworkable, which is exactly why they are currently trying to amend it.

Following the reconstruction debacle, The Administration is planning to amend that infamous law less than a year later.

Man, just look at the absolute drama Plenković is whipping up over a few days' delay...
makes you wonder what kind of total circus we’d be dealing with if the opposition actually managed to tank the passing of this law.

Peter Sanders4 said:offtopic apology

Using Vote.org would boost turnout. Period. You’re worried about security because you don't grasp the technical side, but I’m telling you, it can be done securely.

If I had the option to vote online, my participation wouldn't hover around 50%; it would likely hit 100%. Apply that logic to the rest of the country.

I tend to stay pretty vigilant about safety just because I’m acutely aware of exactly where I live and what I’m seeing and reading every single day. Honestly, you have to be completely disconnected from reality to claim that everything is perfectly secure.

If you actually cared about casting a vote, you would have shown up to the polls. Period.
I really have to disagree with the idea that this can just be applied to everything else. It feels like a bit of a reach to me because you're starting from the assumption that everyone is actually using the federal digital ID portal. In reality, that's just not how things work for most people out there.

Chloe Martinez7 said:From what I've seen, the people I actually know wouldn't vote for the Republican Party even if they lost their minds.☕

People who aren't on board with the Republican Party honestly couldn't care less about the upcoming elections. They have no intention of getting involved again, mostly because they have enough decency to realize they don't have any right to dictate how everyone else should live their lives.

Rachel Barrett8 said:Let me clarify my point here.

I mean, sure, you can go online right now and buy a car or even a house worth $100,000. You could even order several tons of freight from China worth tens of thousands of dollars with just a few clicks.

But when it comes to elections? These modern online gadgets just don't feel secure enough for me.😵

Goodness, trying to have a real conversation with someone who acts like a toddler... that’s just where your logic is sitting right now.
I don't really feel like sitting here and listing every single specific difference between the two right now, so I’ll just give you the bottom line. It comes down to the end result. When someone robs you blind like that, you realize it pretty much instantly, and you can actually start looking into ways to fix it or take action. Around here, you're just left totally in the dark—you have no clue if you've been cheated or not.

Alex Moore3 said:Nina also added this:

"We have the moral high ground to criticize this act, unlike some others—it's strange to hear the Green Party claiming the law is flawed now. Why did you vote for it in the first place? The Greens fueled the moral panic, pushed for its immediate passage, and supported it right along with the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. They are complicit and owe the public an apology. This law is poorly written and impossible to enforce," said the Bridge representative in Congress.

Here is a little more, just so you don't think Nina is out there making these accusations all by himself:

The disaster involving the Reconstruction Act, which they are already changing after only a year, is a perfect example of how this Government operates.

https://www.telegram.com/politics/disaster-of-this-government/

And that brings us to the amendments to the Reconstruction Act passed by the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and the Greens.

But if you want to claim they are the only opposition, go ahead. You're quite the analyst. 😁

They kept saying "we can handle this today," just like they always do. They weren't the only ones making those promises either, but honestly, six months had already slipped by. At that point, I figured any version of the Reconstruction Law was better than nothing at all—something we could just tweak and fix as we went along. I mean, I don't think even the biggest pessimists or the most hardcore critics of the Republican Party (and trust me, I count myself among them) actually expected these incompetent fools to fail at rebuilding even a single house after a year and a half.
I spent a lot of time wondering how much they’d embezzle or how many homes would end up being shoddy, half-baked jobs, but the idea that they wouldn't have finished a single house after more than 18 months? That never even crossed my mind.

cosmiccyclist8 said:After all the proven fraud, the rigging, and the looting where millions and billions just vanish—those Republican Party types either stay right where they are or suddenly land a cushy job as an advisor or director at some agency like the Department of Energy or the EPA, specifically reserved for their own kind.

How much longer are we supposed to wait for the system to actually start working? Or are Americans—being the incredibly patient, almost saint-like people they are—just going to sit around waiting for someone to get judged somewhere else?

It’s one system versus this other system / you have guys over there getting prison time for embezzling public funds, while over here, we have these "great patriotic businessmen" stealing without any obstacles whatsoever. We’re basically living in a brand new Switzerland.

Do you honestly believe that throwing people—who were handpicked based on someone's personal whims—into a pit will lead to any actual improvement? I don't think so. While I agree that the system needs changing—change is absolutely necessary—a pit isn't the solution. A pit is just a few evolutionary steps backward.

SkyShark. Just another name on a list. Seen it all before. The user says:
Let's get one thing straight here.

It’s wild. You can buy a car or a house worth $100,000 online right now, or even order tens of thousands of dollars worth of freight straight from China. Everything is at your fingertips. It's exhausting.

But when election day actually rolls around, you can't trust those fancy modern digital agitators. Not one bit.😵

Republican Party folks don't sell real estate or cars. Not happening.

Christian Torres3 said:Yeah, right, like we need to move the goalposts...

Mostovac is only opposition in name; in reality, they’re just loyal Republican helpers whenever things get messy.

It’s all a lie. Where exactly is the Bridge cooperating with the Republican Party? Who actually shut down that complete farce in Congress last week? Who dominates those debates? Who’s actually churning out all those amendments?

I honestly don't get why Đakić was forced to sit out the election for the county Republican Party chair. If the party pressured him into stepping down, then why on earth let him remain the head of Hvidra? It’s not like they have any real control there anyway... The mere fact that he’s still running Hvidra means his spot on the 2024 Congressional ticket is basically guaranteed. So what's the point of all this maneuvering? They haven't even cleaned house at the county level: Kiro is still calling the shots, nobody knows what's happening with Palma, and all of Rokso's people are still holding their positions. I just don't see the logic here...

Kyle Nelson2 said:It helps when the opposition is basically useless. I mean, look—Musk is pulling in massive amounts of cash and getting extensions on deadlines he already blew through, and the opposition does... nothing. They're too busy fighting amongst themselves, reorganizing their committees for the tenth time, or obsessing over some ideological nonsense that nobody cares about.

The Republican Party is only this terrible because they just give the people exactly what they want, and honestly, who cares how they do it?
Did we get streamlined travel agreements with the USA? Yeah...
Did we get that major infrastructure project approved? Yeah.
Are we joining the global trade zone? Yes.

That's what people want—just give them a better future instead of all this fighting over minority rights...
And the leftists, excuse my French, are so clueless that if you actually told them to focus on important stuff—like stop pushing for migrant rights or LGBT agendas (I'm talking about actual interests here, not the rights they truly deserve)—they'd probably reject it with a sneer.

That's why rulings like this just pass through without much of a fuss...

Musk isn't some shady nonprofit or a group for lazy veterans just looking for a handout.

He's an automaker. He's actually out there making money.