Republicans Could Own the Libs by Nominating Nikki Haley
But they probably won't
Needless to say, most liberals don’t think highly of the Republican Party. Among the MSNBC/NPR set, the GOP is held in roughly the same esteem as rectal warts, if rectal warts could be accused of being racist. Trump’s ascension amplified those negative feelings by a factor of a jillion. It was as if every negative liberal stereotype about Republicans put on a suit, groped a bunch of women, called Miss Universe fat, and then ran for president and won.
Many Republicans see the liberal response to Trump as a performative overreaction. And, obviously, some of it is; Rachel Maddow’s show is less of a news program and more of a War of the Worlds reboot with Trump standing in for the aliens. The presence of anti-Trump hyperbole — often short-handed as Trump Derangement Syndrome — causes some Republicans to wave away all concerns about authoritarianism and white nationalism in the GOP as mere partisan slander. When confronted with Trump’s bigotry, anti-democratic tendencies, and criminality — plus whatever he’s done since I checked the news an hour ago (punched a widow? Carjacked the Pope?) — Republicans often treat Trump as an anomaly not representative of the real Republican Party.