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634-5789

(4,650 posts) Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:23 PM 18 hrs ago

Never Trump Republicans are still issuing dire warnings. Is anyone listening?

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Over and over, the Republicans and former Republicans who gathered just outside Washington this weekend warned that President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress are tearing at the very fabric of American democracy.

A former congressman described the president’s party as an “authoritarian-embracing cult.” A prominent conservative writer said Trumpism is an “existential threat.” And a retired Army general, his voice shaking with emotion, cited post-Nazi Germany as a roadmap for the nation’s post-Trump recovery.

It’s unclear how many people are listening.

https://apnews.com/article/never-trump-principles-first-midterms-ac53503464f9ce05a8de678cc4d89737

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Never Trump Republicans are still issuing dire warnings. Is anyone listening? (Original Post) 634-5789 18 hrs ago OP

Clearly not enough. That's clear chicoescuela 18 hrs ago #1

Those millions of republicans want an authoritarian gov't but they mistakenly think they will be the few hundred elites Norrrm 18 hrs ago #2

chicoescuela

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1. Clearly not enough. That's clear

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:39 PM

18 hrs ago

Norrrm

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2. Those millions of republicans want an authoritarian gov't but they mistakenly think they will be the few hundred elites

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 05:58 PM

18 hrs ago

Those millions of republicans want an authoritarian gov't but they mistakenly think they will be the few hundred elites actually in charge.

Those millions are useful tools for those who will actually be in charge.

One poster called it a 'new social feudalism age'.

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