Between now and the midterm elections, and probably well beyond that, you’ll hear endless chatter about “Democratic extremism,” and it will be Hilarious with a capital “H,” because it will all come from the mouths of Republicans.

“The Democrats want to destroy America!” they’ll holler. 

“The Democrats are all socialists!” they’ll rail, unable to define socialism if their lives depended on it.

“No, better yet,” they’ll scream, veins bulging in their furrowed brows, “the Democrats are COMMUNISTS!!”

Oh my, the horror! Someone pull up my fainting chair, I seem to have caught the vapors!

The party pushing 'Democratic extremism' needs to look in the mirror

Let’s put this nonsensical rhetoric to bed right now. Republicans have spent the past decade worshiping the most extreme president in our nation’s history, a man with an almost impossibly long history of loathsome behavior and malicious dishonesty. While doing so, they have embraced some of the most extreme political views and policies imaginable, shattering political norms and leveraging hate and division to gain power.

GOP lawmakers rallied behind a fight to do away with birthright citizenship. They have unapologetically supported federal immigration agents who shot and killed innocent Americans while also working to deport U.S. citizens and ripping apart communities across the country.

They allowed Elon Musk, a childish unelected billionaire with no knowledge of how our government works, to come along and gut the federal workforce.

They have confirmed wildly unqualified Cabinet officials like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominated because he endorsed Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign, and watched as he spread dangerous anti-vaccine misinformation and eliminated key jobs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Already this year, under Kennedy's leadership, measles cases in America have hit a 35-year high.

Reelecting Donald Trump........

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