Republicans who have refused to bend to Trump insist the GOP can be rebuilt – but if he wins, all bets are off

The former Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney “hopes to be able to rebuild” the Republican party after Donald Trump leaves the political stage. Mitt Romney, the retiring Utah senator and former presidential nominee, reportedly hopes so too.

Among other prominent Republicans who refuse to bow the knee, the former Maryland governor Larry Hogan is running for a US Senate seat in a party led by Trump but insists he can be part of a post-Trump GOP.

Michael Steele, the former Republican National Committee chair turned MSNBC host, advocated more dramatic action: “We have to blow this crazy-ass party up and have it regain its senses, or something else will be born out of it. There are only two options here. Hogan will be a key player in whatever happens. Liz Cheney, [former congressmen] Adam Kinzinger and Joe Walsh – all of us who have been pushed aside and fortunately were not infected with Maga, we will have something to say about what happens on 6 November.”

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    8·
    25 days ago

    We have to blow this crazy-ass party up and have it regain its senses

    You all going back to Eisenhower years then? The rot has been in the party for a long time, Trump is just the final result, not a cause.

    • Wiz@midwest.social
      9·
      25 days ago

      I might vote for an Eisenhower Republican. 90% tax on the rich to pay for infrastructure and federal work programs? Sign me up.

      • Rhaedas@fedia.io
        3·
        25 days ago

        Reagan was a product of the shift Republicans had made earlier to help guarantee votes and power. The difference in the GOP then and now was mainly in how much they could say out loud.

      • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        25 days ago

        Nixon started the rot with the Southern Strategy. Reagan made it so much worse. Both of them were complete and utter pieces of shit.

        Yeah, if you want a healthy, nontoxic Republican party, you gotta go back to Eisenhower.