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EVERYTHING TRUMP TOUCHES DIES
The RNC And GOP Are Choosing Trumpian Monarchy
Republicans are dismantling the party for Trump’s extremely short-term political interests
Donald Trump’s takeover of the RNC in appointing loyalists and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair is funny and karmic, and a step toward Lindsey Graham’s infamous, prophetic warning (pre-brown-nosing, of course) that Trump will destroy the GOP.
Like all wannabe mob bosses, Trump is compelled to keep it in the family— “it” being his nonstop fraud and scamming. Fortunately, Lara Trump isn’t very smart, and has little political talent (or any other talent) beyond marrying into America’s most shamelessly opportunistic grifter family.
It’s also ironic Republicans hate affirmative action so much for ethnic and religious minorities when they love it so much for Trump’s nepotistical family members. I wonder if Lara can squeeze from her nepo baby job anywhere near the $2 billion Jared Kushner squeezed out from his job as self-dealing shadow secretary of state.
This is not normal politics, and Republicans are like the proverbial frog slowly boiling in a pot of water. The temperatures of Trump’s authoritarianism, greed, and egomania keep getting worse, but not so bad at…
