The death of the Republican party is not a tragedy to be celebrated | Robert Reich
Years later, as secretary of labor under Bill Clinton, I worked closely with several Republicans in the House and Senate to enact the Family and Medical Leave Act, raise the minimum wage, and protect workers’ pensions.
At the time, Ford believed that America had to be shielded from the pain and disruption of a president put on criminal trial and possibly imprisoned.In his 1977 television interviews with British journalist David Frost, he conceded he had “let the American people down” but refused to admit to any wrongdoing.All used Nixon’s playbook, relying on a coalition of corporate America and the white working class, and using racial dog whistles like “law and order” and “welfare queens”.Sununu’s willingness to destroy American democracy so his party can stay in power is shared by most Republican office holders today.It shows that many Americans have lost sight of our history and ideals, or have become so cynical and hopeless that they are willing to chuck it all in favor of an atrocious human being who claims to be on their side.