.@NormOrnstein, who literally wrote the book on GOP polarization, “didn't think it would get this far,” he says, blasting "the complete moral cowardice, the abject failure of the overwhelming majority of Republican elected officials… This is a cult, Mehdi."

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How did the GOP get so radical? Newt Gingrich “is a pivot point here… Newt deliberately moved toward a tribalism in our politics,” says @NormOrnstein. “That, along with the development of talk radio and the tribal social media, has made it so much worse.”
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It all happened on @senatemajldr McConnell watch!!! This is his history and it’s not good
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Apocalyptic death cult.
As I’ve been saying for months now: much of American evangelicalism has developed into an apocalyptic death cult. #EmptyThePews #exvangelical
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Only Romney has made a public stand, as far as senators are concerned. Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, etc...All complicit. All missed the opportunity to do the right thing when necessary. And now they're as much to blame as Trump. Don't know how they look in the mirror.
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see also: It’s Not About Facts or Fear: religiondispatches.org/its-n…
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Even the show he consulted on, VEEP, had its limits. Who would have ever imagined we would be here
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