GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism

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GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism
thehill.com

Republican senators say they’re worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them signifi…

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There is no such thing as a good conservative. No. Such. Thing.

I would disagree. The conservatives nowadays are not even conservative. Pre reagan republicans were way different than post reagan ones and even pre trump is different than post trump. The party is just nutters now.

This.

Are you going to tell me Eisenhower wasn't a good conservative?

If you have to go back to the 50s to disprove the notion that there are no good conservatives, I feel like that's a pretty good indication that there are no good conservatives.

If they stayed in the party through The Trump years, through all the lies, gaslighting, irrationality, racism, scapegoating, boorishness, hostility, anti-intellectualism, misogyny, crime, opposition to democracy, and a failed insurrection... they're not conservative, they're radical right.