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Dulcinea

(8,254 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:06 AM 20 hrs ago

Opinion - At the first whiff of power, these Republicans betrayed the rule of law

(The Hill) Every day the Trump regime tramples the rule of law makes Americans less free and less safe.

Every day the president defies the Constitution and courts makes America less America.

President Trump is increasingly acting like a king or dictator who rules by decree, and whose decree is all it takes to make someone disappear.

That’s now happening here, and with the full support of people like House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has long portrayed himself and the Republican Party as advocates for the rule of law.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-first-whiff-power-republicans-143000911.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CORE&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20250423-0--&bt_user_id=2uM9gnSY96Q4eVpy6Umd73sokWa9V33U3uh71pgXBd11HMSZRD2omULz1gix4JYd&bt_ts=1745409627874

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Opinion - At the first whiff of power, these Republicans betrayed the rule of law (Original Post) Dulcinea 20 hrs ago OP

As long as it's people or groups they hate, they are all for "the rule of law" mwmisses4289 20 hrs ago #1

I remember in the '90s when repubs took power after 40 years in the minority. louis-t 18 hrs ago #2

Hopefully they'll lose power for another 4 decades. Dulcinea 16 hrs ago #3

I've always thought they got hit hard by the McCarthy debacle. louis-t 11 hrs ago #5

There's something inherently evil about the people who rise to the top of the Republican Party. patphil 11 hrs ago #4

mwmisses4289

(915 posts)

1. As long as it's people or groups they hate, they are all for "the rule of law"

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:44 AM

20 hrs ago

White, supposedly Christian men, not so much.

louis-t

(24,263 posts)

2. I remember in the '90s when repubs took power after 40 years in the minority.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 10:14 AM

18 hrs ago

I was thinking "Well, maybe they're acting this way because they aren't used to having this much power. Maybe they'll settle down after a while." Nah, they're power crazy and not right in the head. And mostly criminals.

Dulcinea

(8,254 posts)

3. Hopefully they'll lose power for another 4 decades.

Reply to louis-t (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 12:39 PM

16 hrs ago

After MAGA dies, and it will, the GOP needs to be out of power for at least a generation or 2.

louis-t

(24,263 posts)

5. I've always thought they got hit hard by the McCarthy debacle.

Reply to Dulcinea (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 05:52 PM

11 hrs ago

This could be even more damaging.

patphil

(7,705 posts)

4. There's something inherently evil about the people who rise to the top of the Republican Party.

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 05:12 PM

11 hrs ago

I don't think it was always that way, but I've seen a callous disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law growing withing the party for decades.
It's now the theme of all their plans and actions.
Gain power at any cost. Use that power to elevate the rich, and depress the poor and middle class.
Use that power to shape the very fabric of American Society to reflect the views of part of that society, to the detriment of the rest of us.
And now they've reached that point where the very essence of what America stands for is being swept away to restore a king as ruler of America; something we rejected 250 years ago.

I don't think our current government will be happy with anything less than total capitulation of the masses. They're showing us what they will do with anyone who gets in their way, and almost daring us to cross the line so they can overtly engage in violent suppression of all who are not totally committed to their new view of America.

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