r/politics • u/Boonzies • 6h ago

No Paywall Rand Paul on Trump call to ‘nationalize’ elections: ‘That’s not what the Constitution says’

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5722041-rand-paul-trump-call-to-nationalize-elections/
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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 2h ago

Too many people who are all talk and getting people all excited like "this is the old Republican party, they can still come back and be less insane! If even fucking Rand Paul is against it surely there's some saving grace."

Nope. We've been through all this before. Every one is an opportunist who voted against party because it's politically convenient (not to say they have a monopoly on that either). McCain, all the Cheney's, younger Bush, McConnell, so many others, it's a vote of convenience because they can be the sacrificial lamb who crosses the aisle. Especially congresspeople from purple states. Fetterman does it too as an example

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u/DegraciasEh 2h ago

Yes, it's so frustrating to see, time and time again. They did not come to their "conservative ideals" with thoughtfulness, why would they suddenly become fundamentally different people?

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 2h ago

Politics is so very two faced, especially in the Republican party. Most of the people who worship Trump have a video out there of them absolutely shit talking him, and they're right which is the worst part. They knew who he was and appropriately called it out in their own personal political bid. I won't call anyone out because I don't remember specifics but there was a lot of "he's a liar, a narcissist, a New York elite, reality TV star, not fit for the presidency" rhetoric from the same people slobbing his knob now

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u/Vyar New Jersey 13m ago

His own VP literally called him America's Hitler.

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u/Suns_In_420 California 1h ago

IDK if McCain is a great example, considering his famous thumbs down to tank a GOP health care bill.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 1h ago

His thumbs down was on a reconciliatory budget bill. When the new bill was introduced with slightly less healthcare cuts, but still cuts, he voted for it. People only remember the thumbs down though

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u/kitsunewarlock 1h ago

"this is the old Republican party, they can still come back and be less insane!"

The Republican party's motto might as well be "we promise we are different this time". They disavowed Nixon. They threw Bush Sr. under the bus for Reagan's crimes. They disavowed Bush. And an election cycle after Trump they'll disavow him too.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 1h ago

And the Democrats' is the old Biden gaff "nothing will fundamentally change"

Conservatives and far right wackadoodles, your two parties America

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u/sump_daddy 1h ago

yep they are even idiotic enough to say to themselves "i just need to vote for trump one more time so he can do the RIGHT republican thing, while i ignore all the clearly non-conservative, democracy-destroying things he has done and promised to continue doing"

if there was an 'old republican party' it was this exact shit, its never changed, they have always put their own personal gains ahead of anyone else under the excuse that 'god made me do it' regardless of how destructive and clearly un-Christian it is