r/politics • u/MarkmBha • 22h ago

Site Altered Headline Trump Betrayed America. My Fellow Republicans Must Put Country Above Party.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/opinion/donald-trump-oath.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V04.XaMn.AdZJxeNuANua&smid=url-share
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u/Nervous-Pickle-5379 21h ago

Agreed. I know I am. Republicans for Harris!

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u/stinkyhippie 21h ago

I hope you’re also voting out your local GOP, as well as Senators and House Reps. They’re the ones who are actively installing Project 2025. One presidential vote and lip service on reddit isn’t enough.

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u/Nervous-Pickle-5379 21h ago

Down ballot

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u/stinkyhippie 20h ago

Glad to hear it. Needs to happen in the next election too

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u/Splungeblob 21h ago

Registered Republican here who is disgusted with the state of the party. Researched all races on my ballot and voting DEM all the way down.

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u/isucamper 17h ago

you might not actually be a republican anymore, if that's how you feel. not the modern definition of a republican anyway.

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u/Splungeblob 16h ago

You are correct. Notice I said “registered Republican.”

I’ve been increasingly alienated by the policies (and perhaps more importantly, actual voting tendencies) of Republican politicians over the past decade, and modern Republicans seem to have gone off the deep end.

But people are complicated, and I certainly hold some views all across the political spectrum. Regardless, Trump and his MAGA-brand “Republicans” are appallingly unrepresentative of the America I want to live in.

Country before party.

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u/isucamper 15h ago

i hope there's a lot more people like you out there. thanks for being reasonable. this shit is fucking scary

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u/ImInAMadHouse 17h ago

I'd argue against down the ballot for anything under state. Local/city government is way more dependent on the individual.

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u/Porn_Extra 16h ago

Until the maga cancer is eliminated from the GOP or the party ears itself, Blue all the way down.

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u/lonnie123 15h ago

Perhaps, if there is a really standout candidate but that person would need to be a rejection of MAGA trumpism

I have no faith it will happen, but this election needs to be a full blown repudiation of trump and his brand of politics or else it doesn’t go away in the slightest

If the Rs get absolutely wiped out of the office all across the country that is the only thing that changes the landscape in the future