I've seen the sentiment come up that Trump and his ilk have taken over the Republican Party and corrupted it.
People are starting to miss George W Bush and "moderate" Republicans like Reagan.
The Republican Party has ALWAYS been like this. Trump isn't doing anything new, he's just more brazen about it.
Let's look at the past few Republican Presidents
George W Bush
Poor response to Hurricane Katrina:
https://www.usnews.com/news/the-rep...as-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-george-w-bush
"George Bush does not care about black people."
George Bush Sr.
Vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1990
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1990
He passed a watered down version of it a year later
Ronald Reagan
From his statements about welfare queens to the law he passed during his time as governor of California to prevent Black Panthers from owning firearms, Reagan was no friend to the black community.
Not to mention his War on Drugs initiative, which did nothing to reduce the drug epidemic but filled up the prisons and ruined communities for generations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_the_War_on_Drugs
I say all of this to say that I'm afraid that once Trump is removed from office, it will be back to business as usual. A Democrat will be in power for 8 years, then a more "moderate" Republican will take back the white house and continue the same policies that disadvantage minorities that his party has employed since time immemorial.
Trump is an enemy but the Republican Party ha always been the enemy. When I see people long for the days of Reagan and Bush, I wonder if they care about minority issues at all.
People are starting to miss George W Bush and "moderate" Republicans like Reagan.
The Republican Party has ALWAYS been like this. Trump isn't doing anything new, he's just more brazen about it.
Let's look at the past few Republican Presidents
George W Bush
Poor response to Hurricane Katrina:
While all this was going on, the president of the United States remained aloof from the disaster. Day after day, George W. Bush continued a long-planned vacation at his 1,600-acre Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas, and his staff didn't want to burden him with detailed information about the situation on the Gulf Coast. When Katrina made landfall, Bush had been on holiday at his ranch for 27 days, according to a tabulation kept by CBS News
https://www.usnews.com/news/the-rep...as-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-george-w-bush
"George Bush does not care about black people."
George Bush Sr.
Vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1990
The Civil Rights Act of 1990 was a bill that, had it been signed into law, would have made it easier for litigants in race or sex discrimination cases to win
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1990
He passed a watered down version of it a year later
Ronald Reagan
From his statements about welfare queens to the law he passed during his time as governor of California to prevent Black Panthers from owning firearms, Reagan was no friend to the black community.
Not to mention his War on Drugs initiative, which did nothing to reduce the drug epidemic but filled up the prisons and ruined communities for generations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_the_War_on_Drugs
I say all of this to say that I'm afraid that once Trump is removed from office, it will be back to business as usual. A Democrat will be in power for 8 years, then a more "moderate" Republican will take back the white house and continue the same policies that disadvantage minorities that his party has employed since time immemorial.
Trump is an enemy but the Republican Party ha always been the enemy. When I see people long for the days of Reagan and Bush, I wonder if they care about minority issues at all.