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Republican Party Criticism

The cluster centers on debates about the Republican Party, including criticisms of its current Trump-aligned iteration, distinctions from classical conservatives, accusations of hypocrisy, extremism, and policy positions.

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Keywords

AM US NYT MAGA CDU COVID19 www.vox www.lp ycombinator.com RNC republicans republican republican party party trump political districts conservatives rep christian

Sample Comments

Turing_Machine • Mar 20, 2015 • View on HN

Those people aren't "Republicans".

stephenr • Aug 25, 2020 • View on HN

Not if you’re a republican apparently.

dd36 • Oct 9, 2020 • View on HN

You’re not down with the current iteration of the Republican Party?

mold_aid • Mar 14, 2023 • View on HN

Maybe you are a Republican in the classical sense

noobermin • Jan 31, 2025 • View on HN

This is a naive, context-free misunderstanding of the present moment based on supposedly intuitive truisms. The Republican party is Trump's party and has been for years now. Pretending there is that much variation that matters is ridiculous and can be remedied by reading any piece of news from the last few years.

crazy_monkey • Aug 8, 2019 • View on HN

Take that Republicans! ... or so they say

weirdstuff • Oct 26, 2017 • View on HN

Rhetorical question: are republicans really alone in this?

colpabar • Feb 23, 2023 • View on HN

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33707786(required disclaimer: yes yes i know republicans are bad too)

Andrew_Quentin • May 6, 2013 • View on HN

lol, being republican is insane now?

chrismcbride • May 29, 2012 • View on HN

Conservatives don't want that stuff, republicans do