Post

It’s not tragedy, it’s self inflicted over many years of desired outcomes.

*( crocodile tears...)

“Tragic”? 🤨

I don’t think its death is tragic at all.

Like they died twice with Obama? Like they died again with Biden? So, we're down the same path of denial, is that it? Wake the fuck up: Returds will survive as long as there are racists, bigots, and right wing fascists in the USA. I hope Democrats doesn't follow the same path with Bernie's gang!

I agree with you 100%, sir! He, followed by Reagan, Gingrich, & the Bushes kept the rot going, but Trump kicked it into hyperdrive!

Nothing tragic about it. And don't worry, the Libertarians haven't finished with you!

I agree with everything Robert Reich has to say here. But I would add Mitch McConnell's colossal mistake in believing he could ride the tiger that was the Tea Party into GOP victory. It ate the GOP instead. His fear the GOP would split led to the MAGA Republicans in name only that we have now.

Well Reagan keep the vileness alive. Gave us the era of huge deficits. Drove super militarism. And raised lying to a high Gh performance skill.

It didn't slowly die, it died from suicide because they had the power to stop this fascist nazi but they let him destroy our country.

Let’s hope.

💯

Or, not so tragic. They could have rejected Nixonian politics. bsky.app/profile/rbre...

They went willingly.

Tragic?

Nothing is ever dead before it is ash on the breeze.

GOP = Unnecessary Wars

The list of rubbish is extensive. One common denominator is the scapegoating of groups A to Z to shift the ignorants’ rage away from true problems and onto marginal ones at best. A well trodden path.

My father lived thru the depression. His view was that those who caused it were republicans. He was unforgiving and even in the 1960s and 1970s got angry and heated when any of the family mentioned republicans. Bottom-line for him: They've always been selfish and about themselves, not the community.

I wouldn't call it a tragedy.

RIP assholes...Just sayin'

Given that Republicans want to take away all Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security-- and, if anything, replace it with privately run businesses-- We've got to thank Trump for this 'coup de grace' if indeed it happens. #Trump'sGift

I wish but amongst my diehards the thought of voting anything but Republican is an affront to their very identity.

Death by suicide.

No, it was well-meaning Ford’s pardon of Nixon, that gave Trump the opportunity to run. If Nixon and/or Reagan had been impeached, Trump would never have run. 🐥🐥

Been waiting so long for the total collapse and conservatives being split between third party options which eventually might lead to a party I'd consider voting for.

It's done.

Ford never should have pardoned Nixon!

we are gonna outlaw that shit

Nixon was the 1st symptom of a corrupted Republican Party. It went downhill at a increased pace since Nixon.

Let's get this done!

This is a great article and I hope people realize how important what you’re saying is: we need two parties that both want the best for America. That is the marketplace of ideas. What the Republican Party is today is not one of those parties. You nailed this.

R.I.P. Republican Party 🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦🪦 Trump the 🍊Wig did yall in , and Vance hammered in the coffin nails. ⛏️⛏️ Just dumb and ridiculous to let an 🍊pedo do that to yall.!! Be the wave. 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 So big, it clears The 🍊Swamp.

Yeah Epstein politics

Putin controls the Republican Party

And Putin controls the corpse

there's nothing tragic about them, they made it happen to themselves, they caused it, they wanted it

Rest in pieces 🤬😞

Ronald Reagan

It has been a slow, painful death inflicted on the whole nation.

The current "Republican Party" is in fact now a criminal syndicate, and a RICO investigation is overdue. Of course, we have to remove the Don's plants from the DOJ first.

Yes. offscreen.com/view/nixon-t...

Yes me too. I remember having conversations with Republicans about how dangerous they seemed & being laughed off as they “were extremists” who would be absorbed into the broad church of the GOP. In the meantime they welcomed the extra votes & $$$ while not contradicting the lunatics (Palin etc).

In point of fact, the corruption of the Republican party began in earnest after WWII.

We must continue to protest, boycott, push back & most importantly VOTE. We all know the assignment in Nov. 2026 & again in Nov. 2028. Take back the house & senate. Make this regime the lame duck they are. Vote out the corruption, lying, cheating, grifting that is this regime & the republican party

Starting with President Ford, Nixon's VP, who pardoned him. They're normally as clumsy as most Republican presidents.

Is it?

Reagan poured gas on it and lit the match.

They've become Putin communists and traitors. All in his core administration need to be charged and convicted. Traitors and anticonstutionalists all.

Was the Southern Strategy Nixon's idea...or was it this guy?

So is US democracy?!

Richard Milhous Nixon was a virulent racist.

if it is hitting rock bottom that brings America to PAC Anonymous then let it be so kill the primaries ranked choice is better kill campaign contributions except by adults who live in the represented district democracy + republic + law America Ever After

It is not dead at all. Nearly half the votes go to them. America is lost.

Yep 🙌🏻

🎯

He was horrible

Everything Trump touches dies.

Don't know much about history, but a large part of what got us here was Dixiecrats that were SO racist that they refused to have anything to do with Republicans. That meant they had to hold their noses and compromise with "liberals". Nixon's Southern Strategy was to move the racists to Republicans.

1964 LBJ v. Goldwater Goldwater gave rise to the far right, and the Deep South shifted to the Republican Party Nixon and Reagan both supported and campaigned for the ticket Reagan’s famous “A Time for Choosing” speech championed Goldwater’s core principles & launched Reagan’s political career

If only from Your post to God’s & the people ‘s ears!

Sorry, but as a millenial I see nothing tragic about it. More like ... simply fabulous, and can it please die faster?

I will NEVER forgive Gerald Ford. Yeah, I'm that old.

They are on the last death rattle. There is NO way they can justify constant bad decisions while we watch the trump crime family and criminal administration destroy democracy and self enrich.And where the hell are the republicans who went after Hunter for dropping his dad’s name ! They seem mia now

Can we stop whitewashing the Republicans like this? This is what the GOP is and has been ever since they rallied around blocking the Civil Rights Act. They just went all in and stopped pretending to be not racist.

Win 11/03/2026 #VoteInNumbers2Big2Rig #ElectADemSuperMajority. Let's get new congress sworn in & immediately push for replacement of Schumer and Jeffries. Then #RescindTheTrumpBBBill #ImpeachConvictRemoveDT #ImpeachTheSCOTUS6 #ExpandTheSCOTUS Reduce defense spending by 30% and get annual audits.

Step 6: A concerted effort of fascist accelerationism is being carried out through Project 2025. Step 7: Install a totalitarian one party federal gov't by corruption, fraud, and maybe martial law. Step 8: Install a christofascist theocracy. Welcome to the Christian Republic of the United States.

Republicans were motivated by how what they saw as insignificant failed burglary was amplified in media and brought down a prez? Created distrust of real journalism while building a newsy entertaining propaganda network?

Don't leave Regan out of the chain, that fucker set the stage for Chump.

Nixon gave the Republican Party WATERGATE, Trump turned it into an ENTIRE WATER PARK OF CORRUPTION!!! Tremendous scandals, beautiful cover-ups, absolutely NO SHAME!!! And the GOP? Still selling tickets, folks!!! The party of Lincoln became the party of Spineless LOSERS AND LIARS!!!

Absolutely agree!

I wouldn't say tragic. I'd say long overdue.

Could we please cremate them then? The bodies are piling up and smelling like holy hell.

Even if you declare the Republican Party dead, conservatism certainly isn’t. The GOP may become the MAGA or it may transform into something else after Trump, but people like Russell Vought, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Dennis Prager and others will always ensure it survives in some form.

The last good repub prez was Eisenhower after that the ceiling started to fall with the incapable hands of Nixon, Reagan, and the rest. As you can see in the image, at the time of Ike 90% was the tax on the 1%, from Nixon on down cut it to where it is today. Trickle down reagan downward

That’s what I just said in a previous post. Under Felon47 we have a crime syndicate running our country for their personal profit. He’s not smart enough to do that on his own. Putin has been his able bodied handler for decades, just waiting for his moment to crush a hated adversary.

embraced radical nativist, anti-immigrant groups like the Know Nothings. Sound familiar?) Today's Republicans are dead men walking. Good riddance.

…?...oh there is a God…next AIPAC and its clones.

Before reading the article, I want to make a wager: will the notion of a "Zombie Party" appear in it because that is what I believe the GOP has become... ... but your lede is compelling, so thank you, @rbreich.bsky.social PS: I then realized that ZP is a double entendre... on verra!

The GOP is not dead yet… It only becomes DEAD, when ppl refuse to vote for MAGA/GOP candidates, & not just once, but over the course of multiple Federal elections. JDV is still the leading GOP candidate for 2028 & he’s just another MAGA liar of epic proportions. 🛑 voting MAGA/GOP, make it DEAD!

Two to the back of the head.

I offer this tidbit to incorporate into a new party if anyone wants to get the ball rolling. tomhorsley.com/politics/not...

In Trumplandia…🇺🇲's Leader’s 19th Century Who Rules With A GoldFist✊Says: 🇺🇲🏛️🏴‍☠️👑🎃👐🏻💬 “ME FIRST! If The GOP Falls, Blame Everyone Else!” 📜 Divine & Demonic Wisdom 📜 HEAVEN'S😇🪉🙏🏻MORAL: “STAND FOR TRUTH, INTEGRITY, AND THE COMMON GOOD!" TRUMP’S😈🔥🖕IMMQ: “BLAME EVERYONE, PROTECT POWER, DENY EVERYTHING!”

Rumors of its demise are greatly exaggerated here. If we're judging by actual power held today and with the Supremes for many years to come (especially if Dems chicken out about the Supreme Court) Lord willing my kids or their kids won't have Republicans to worry about. Ain't happening in my life.

THIS IS NOT TRAGIC IT IS INEVITABLE I VOTED TO IMPEACH THAT POS NIXON FUCK ALL OF THEM

Reagan did enormous damage

It probably deserved to die about 35 years ago - about the time Limbaugh came in the scene. Or maybe even Nixon years - dirty tricks Roger Stone No honor

I'm thinking that if he had not been pardoned, things might have been different. Maybe I'm delusional.

I grew up in a family that had been rescued by FDR's policies and programs, and were basically Truman Democrats. From an early age I knew about Tricky Dicky.

F the Republican party - their every wound was self inflicted - may they choke on their own vomit

The Republican Party needs to disenfranchised, decertified or disbanded what ever you call it. The GOP needs to be eliminated.

Trump is also Destroying the US and the world order. Nixon at least had some foreign policy chops.

“ tragic” lol

I'm reading "The Devil's Chessboard" by David Talbot and it was Nixon who was infectED. The infection started long before he ran for office.

After Nixon, Reagan lovingly resuscitated the Republican Party by performing mouth to mouth on the southern strategy while dry humping the thighs of union busting and regulation “reform”. He breathed a second life into the twisted corruption!

Let's wait until the election is over and we're still a mostly peaceful country before making this statement, shall we?

I don't think it is tragic. Republicans relied on the worst parts of humanity to gain power. To hell with them.

Ike is turning over in his grave.

Is this the same essay from 2006…? Remember when the GOP was dead, then?

Not tragic

the death of my enemy is not tragic.

My dude, the Democratic party was infected by wanting not to seem too distant from the fascistic tendencies of their Republican foils and spent the intervening 50 years drifting in that direction. If we are going to say the US is a democracy, then where we are is not all down to R. This one is weak

It feels like we, in the UK, are a bit ahead of you in the US. Our equivalent, the Conservatives, are basically dying with only 118 MPs (out of 650 in the House Of Commons).

The Republican Party is responsible for all this !

I would add that Fox news, etc. provided cover for Republicans to lie, misbehave, and generally support unpopular policies. The propaganda machine would clean it up, gloss over anything unpleasant, cheer them on and turn liberal's identity evil.

Good riddins

If only! Unfortunately, the Republican Party lives on.

Stop talking about "Henry the K" that way, he was our first Jewish Sec of State.

I have been waiting for this for a long time