Republican Hypocrisy category archive
If One Standard Is Good, Two Much Be Better 0
PoliticalProf seems to think that one thing is not like the other thing.
Republican Family Values 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun notes the “mean for the sake of mean” appears to be a Republican Family Value.
But It Calls Itself the “Party of Personal Responsibility” . . . . 0
The editorial board of the Charlotte Observer opines that North Carolina Republicans are providing a tutorial in how to excuse the inexccusable.
Suffer the Children 0
Apparently, that’s a Republican Family Value.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu highlights the hypocrisy of Donald Trump’s fear mongering about those from foreign shores. Here’s a tiny bit:
Follow the link for a link to the Esquire story and more Trumpian hypocrisy (of which there seems an unending supply).
Vance Planning 0
. . . in case you needed any more evidence that today’s Republican Party is little more than the party of the New Secesh.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
That’s the guiding principle of today’s Republican Party.
“Childless Cat Ladies” 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, a self-proclaimed childless dog lady responds. Here’s a tiny bit from her article:
There is truth in the idea that the United States isn’t supportive of families, but the solution isn’t to ban contraceptives and abortion or defund support systems for single mothers, as Roberts and his colleagues would do. Absurdly, the right-wing approach presupposes that a policy of forced birthing is preferable to bettering the lives of the people alive now through expanded educational and work opportunities, strict gun control to end school shootings, ample and paid parental leave and subsidized childcare.
Originalist Sin 0
It’s encoded in Cannon law.
“Tempered Rhetoric” 0
Seth takes a closer look at the Republican Party’s expressed desire to “tone donw the rhetoric.”
False Equivalence: Comparing Apples to Cow Pats 0
Colby Hall notes that (some) Trump is trying to blame Democrats’ rhetoric for the recent thwarted assassination attempt. They are equating claims that Trump represents a threat to democracy (he does) with Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen (it wasn’t).
Here’s tiny bit from his article:
The problem is that the comparison makes no sense. It is a brazen false equivalency that flat-out ignores the fact that what caused Jan. 6 — Trump’s false election claims and his continued spouting of them — is precisely the threat to democracy that Hume invokes.
Crucially, the difference between Hume’s examples of inciting claims is simple: one is true, and one is false. The claim that fueled Jan. 6, that the 2020 election was stolen, is false. If it were true, few would criticize Trump for complaining about it. It was not true.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
Sue Jarrett, writing at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, outs house speaker Mike Johnson’s misdirection play.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
Along those lines, AL.com’s John Archibald points out that today’s self-styled “conservaatives” are keeping somewhat questionable company.
