# “The Republican Party of John McCain is dead, and we don’t owe anything to what was left behind!”
Asterose on
“I have an urgent message for the majority of Americans who, like me, are in the political middle: John McCain’s Republican party is gone and we don’t owe a damn thing to what’s been left behind.”
Hell. Fucking. Yes.
theFormerRelic on
God I hope the people who need to hear this are listening. Please.
GearBrain on
They can vote, but they cannot be given power. Conservatives jumped ship from the Democrat party after the Civil rights act was signed and devoured the Republicans from the inside.
Don’t let them back in. There is no such thing as a “good” republican politician. Their penance will be to accept their inability to govern.
> Giles first endorsed Harris in an op-ed column in the Arizona Republic a part of the USA TODAY Network in July pointing to Republican nominee Donald Trump's history of election subversion.
> "Since Donald Trump refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, Republicans have yet to course correct," Giles wrote.
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# “The Republican Party of John McCain is dead, and we don’t owe anything to what was left behind!”
“I have an urgent message for the majority of Americans who, like me, are in the political middle: John McCain’s Republican party is gone and we don’t owe a damn thing to what’s been left behind.”
Hell. Fucking. Yes.
God I hope the people who need to hear this are listening. Please.
They can vote, but they cannot be given power. Conservatives jumped ship from the Democrat party after the Civil rights act was signed and devoured the Republicans from the inside.
Don’t let them back in. There is no such thing as a “good” republican politician. Their penance will be to accept their inability to govern.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/20/watch-mesa-arizona-john-giles-dnc/74860353007/) reduced by 81%. (I’m a bot)
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> The Republican mayor of Mesa, Arizona John Giles continued to attack his party's presidential nominee and endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Tuesday.
> Giles first endorsed Harris in an op-ed column in the Arizona Republic a part of the USA TODAY Network in July pointing to Republican nominee Donald Trump's history of election subversion.
> "Since Donald Trump refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, Republicans have yet to course correct," Giles wrote.
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It’s a safe space where you’re not going to get physically attacked. So safe republicans are cosplaying as democrats at the convention.
I remember when the Republicans thought it was such a coup that they got “Democrat” Zell Miller to speak at their convention.
Now we have, what, 90% of Trump’s cabinet endorsing Harris?
Yes! Bring more conservative republicans into the Democratic Party! This won’t make the Dem ticket more conservative! /s
Buried the lede! AZ Supreme Court cleared the way for an abortion ballot measure in November!
Republicans have been getting crushed by these across the country.
If a Republican politician is not a criminal, they are in the wrong party.
More like , just vote for me. Please I need my money and status
Here’s a radical suggestion: become a Democrat.
If everyone in my book club even toyed with going nazi, I’d wouldn’t be twenty years in and still thinking about whether to switch book clubs.