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  1. Stuart Stevens is a writer and GOP political consultant. 
Here’s a question: What does the Trump Republican Party stands for? 
One way to find out: Ask a Trump Republican friend. I’m betting the answer is going to involve a noun, a verb and either “socialism” or “Democrats.” Republicans now partly define their party simply as an alternative to that other party, as in, “I’m a Republican because I’m not a Democrat.” 
In a long-forgotten era — say, four years ago — such a question would have elicited a very different answer: fiscal responsibility, free trade, strong on Russia, and that character and personal responsibility count. Today it’s not that the Republican Party has forgotten these issues and values; instead, it actively opposes all of them.
Republicans are now officially the character doesn’t count party, the personal responsibility just proves you have failed to blame the other guy party, the deficit doesn’t matter party, the Putin is “good guy” party, and the I’m-right-and-you-are-human-scum party. Yes, it’s President Trump’s party now, but it stands only for what he has just tweeted.
A party without a governing theory, a higher purpose or a clear moral direction is nothing more than a cartel, a syndicate that exists only to advance itself. There is no organized, coherent purpose other than the acquisition and maintenance of power.
 Donald Trump, Destroying America One Republican Soul At a Time.
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  2. Stuart Stevens is a writer and GOP political consultant. 
Here’s a question: What does the Trump Republican Party stands for? 
One way to find out: Ask a Trump Republican friend. I’m betting the answer is going to involve a noun, a verb and either “socialism” or “Democrats.” Republicans now partly define their party simply as an alternative to that other party, as in, “I’m a Republican because I’m not a Democrat.” 
In a long-forgotten era — say, four years ago — such a question would have elicited a very different answer: fiscal responsibility, free trade, strong on Russia, and that character and personal responsibility count. Today it’s not that the Republican Party has forgotten these issues and values; instead, it actively opposes all of them.
Republicans are now officially the character doesn’t count party, the personal responsibility just proves you have failed to blame the other guy party, the deficit doesn’t matter party, the Putin is “good guy” party, and the I’m-right-and-you-are-human-scum party. Yes, it’s President Trump’s party now, but it stands only for what he has just tweeted.
A party without a governing theory, a higher purpose or a clear moral direction is nothing more than a cartel, a syndicate that exists only to advance itself. There is no organized, coherent purpose other than the acquisition and maintenance of power.
 Donald Trump, Destroying America One Republican Soul At a Time.
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