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Arizona state house speaker who testified at the January 6 hearings another victim of the GQP.
Asked if the Arizona republican party is lost Rusty Bowers leaves no doubt as to what he believes:
On the one hand, some (a very tiny some) of these republican officials see the current GQP for what it is, a bigoted and fascist cult, but on the other hand, they fail to see the bigger picture. The very values conservatives have embraced for over 40 years now, and truly ramped up beginning with the Gingrich years, are what spawned trumpism and the MAGA problem. Until American conservatives come to grip with how misguided and off the rails their beliefs have become, we are going to continue moving towards the dissolution of this country.
If you are sedentary, weigh 450 pounds and eat nothing but potato chips and ding-dongs all day you are in trouble. It's all well and good to cut out the ding-dongs, but unless you get up and move around and eat fresh fruits and vegetables in moderation in place of the potato chips, you are never going to be healthy. People like Rusty Bowers have put the ding-dongs aside -- for the time being -- but they are not healthy. Not by a long shot.
Sadly the answer isn't even with the relatively small number of people holding or running for public office under the banner of today's GQP. No, it is with people like Sic. And that notion should strike fear in all your hearts. Sure, trump is a problem, and Cruz is a problem, and Hawley is a problem. But unless you're willing to lump people like Sic and the dozens of millions who are just like him in with that bunch, we can (eventually) kiss this country good-bye. And for 40 years now for every eight or nine steps we move in the right direction we seem to take nine of ten steps back.
Asked if the Arizona republican party is lost Rusty Bowers leaves no doubt as to what he believes:
On the one hand, some (a very tiny some) of these republican officials see the current GQP for what it is, a bigoted and fascist cult, but on the other hand, they fail to see the bigger picture. The very values conservatives have embraced for over 40 years now, and truly ramped up beginning with the Gingrich years, are what spawned trumpism and the MAGA problem. Until American conservatives come to grip with how misguided and off the rails their beliefs have become, we are going to continue moving towards the dissolution of this country.
If you are sedentary, weigh 450 pounds and eat nothing but potato chips and ding-dongs all day you are in trouble. It's all well and good to cut out the ding-dongs, but unless you get up and move around and eat fresh fruits and vegetables in moderation in place of the potato chips, you are never going to be healthy. People like Rusty Bowers have put the ding-dongs aside -- for the time being -- but they are not healthy. Not by a long shot.
Sadly the answer isn't even with the relatively small number of people holding or running for public office under the banner of today's GQP. No, it is with people like Sic. And that notion should strike fear in all your hearts. Sure, trump is a problem, and Cruz is a problem, and Hawley is a problem. But unless you're willing to lump people like Sic and the dozens of millions who are just like him in with that bunch, we can (eventually) kiss this country good-bye. And for 40 years now for every eight or nine steps we move in the right direction we seem to take nine of ten steps back.
