For the most part forum Republicans refuse to discuss the Republican Party, and what it is doing. Under the circumstances, that seems perfectly reasonable.
679,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. People who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 are 11 times more likely to die from the disease. People who live in Republican-led states lead the nation in unvaccinated persons because the Republican leadership is fighting for the freedom of dying from the virus.
In other words, the Republican leadership is siding with the virus.
Republicans have passed laws that restrict voting access, passed gun laws that can turn city streets into the O.K. Corral, while still another law dictates health decisions for women, and a Republican governor promises to remove all rapists in his state.
Taking all this into account, who in the hell wants to talk about what the Republican Party is doing.
It gets worse for Republicans. According to a recent poll conducted by SSRS, Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say, 63% to 37%, that Trump should be the leader of the Republican Party.
Forum Republicans do not want to talk about Trump, either.
From that same poll, nearly half of Republicans do not trust him to win in 2024. "51% say that Republicans have a better chance of retaking the presidency if Trump is the nominee, with 49% saying the party would be better off with a different nominee."
Why is it Republicans do not want to talk about the leader of their party? Ironically, why is it 49% of Republicans think Trump is a loser?
There are at least hundred reasons, but this report is already too long. Here is one. I will let the
Times tell the short version.
"Notably absent from the 9/11 memorial ceremonies on Saturday was former President Donald J. Trump, a native New Yorker."
The living President's club attended the ceremonies, sans Trump.
The
Times continued, "President Biden, former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton all attended the somber name-reading ceremony in Lower Manhattan. Former President George W. Bush spoke at a memorial near Shanksville, Pa., where Mr. Biden attended a wreath-laying ceremony.
"But instead of appearing at one of the ceremonies, Mr.
Trump released a series of aggressive statements that criticized our President’s handling of the troop pullout in Afghanistan and praised his allies.
"Mr. Trump
visited a police precinct and a neighboring firehouse in Midtown Manhattan. He briefly paid tribute to the heroism of the police and firefighters after the planes hit the twin towers, but spent most of his time treating the visit as a campaign-style rally, continuing his criticism of the Afghanistan pullout, complaining about crime in cities, commenting on how many police officers and firefighters supported him, and falsely claiming once again that he had won the election."
Many Americans saw the video from the firehouse. It was an obscene, narcissistic display by anyone, let alone a former President of the United States.
Trump embarrassed himself
... again. Little wonder as to why people don't want to talk about him.
After seeing the video, try imagining this man becoming our President again.