The Republican Party after Donald Trump

The Trib editorial, 'The Republican Party after Donald Trump' is stunning in its denial of the moral rot destroying the GOP. Claiming "It was neither the immigration-bashing party nor the party of intolerance, misogyny, exclusion. Those are Trump traits. Republican values embrace equal opportunity for all — including, yes, the women, ethnic minorities and many others whom Trump has slandered and would ostracize." But those are precisely the traits of the 13,300,000 Republican Trump voters, 47% of the 28,600,000 who voted for the four top serious contenders. Racism, xenophobia, sexism, bullying, threats of violence are standard fare for these Trump voting Republicans who finally got a Republican they could back with missionary zeal. They have turned on the moderate Republicans like House Speaker Ryan and Illinois Senator Mark Kirk who want nothing to do with Trump. The Trib Editorial Board is delusional if it thinks Trump's looming thrashing will purge the party of these plurality traits given that they have no where to go, except wait for the next Republican demagogue to emerge. To say "Trump might have won this election if it had been held two months ago" is ludicrous. All his traits of racism, xenophobia, misogyny, bullying, intemperance and intellectual laziness were on full display to all from the start of his scorched earth Primary campaign he began in June, 2015.

To equate the Clinton-Sanders Democratic divide with the Trump-sane Republicans divide is equally preposterous. With Sanders' strong backing Clinton continues to peel off disgruntled Sanders voters who realize the stakes in stopping a neo-fascist and moral degenerate are too high to stay home.

While the Trib gushes about the roll the Republicans are on in capturing 23 state governments, those Republican Banana Republics roll over the middle class, the needy, women's reproductive health, minority voters and the hapless sick denied Medicaid. That, Ivory Trib Tower pundits, is not something to gloat about; its something to hang your collective heads in shame over.

The Trib looks forward to Trump's defeat so Republicans can start digging out of the "rubble" and begin heading home. Pathetically, they'll be led by the energized 13,300,000 who want another racist, xenophobe, misogynist, bully, and verbal bomb-thrower to lead the way.