• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    Exactly. The current GOP looks more like the Tea Party than it does the pre-tea-party GOP. They managed to effect change within the party.

    • Mustakrakish@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      The GOP wasn’t a party designed and built for decades around the concept of crushing progressive members into line. If they had been, they’d have been more equipt to handle it.