{"id":946602,"date":"2021-10-31T19:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T23:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=946602"},"modified":"2021-10-31T19:13:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T23:13:48","slug":"wapo-crt-a-phony-issue-to-enrage-americans-gop-a-party-of-thugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-crt-a-phony-issue-to-enrage-americans-gop-a-party-of-thugs\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo: CRT a \u2018Phony\u2019 Issue to Enrage Americans, GOP a \u2018Party of Thugs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Republicans create \u201cphony\u201d issues such as Critical Race Theory (CRT) to \u201cenrage\u201d Americans, according to a recent <\/span><i><span>Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span> piece which claimed conservatives \u201cencourage thuggery\u201d and must show a willingness \u201cto be rude and crude\u201d in order to establish bona fides, with right-wing criticisms of \u201cfriendly, old uncle Joe [Biden]\u201d deemed \u201calmost incidental\u201d to the \u201cpleasure in flouting norms of polite behavior.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/10\/25\/republican-party-of-thugs\/\"><span>essay<\/span><\/a><span>, titled \u201cThe party of thugs,\u201d and published by <\/span><i><span>Post<\/span><\/i><span> columnist Paul Waldman last week, began by claiming the GOP has become \u201ceven more of a party of thugs\u201d since President Biden\u2019s election.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIn 2020, Joe Biden repeatedly insisted that once Donald Trump departed office the Republican Party would become more reasonable,\u201d Waldman wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cInstead, it has become even more of a party of thugs, where basic norms of polite behavior are held in contempt,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Quoting an earlier <\/span><i><span>Post<\/span><\/i><span> essay detailing the continued public support for former President Trump alongside \u201ccrude\u201d criticism of President Biden, Waldman claimed the latter \u201ccan see it for himself\u201d when driving down the street.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201c[I]n states both red and blue, and almost all across the country \u2014 anti-Biden signs are cropping up as well, frequently with angry and profane insults,\u201d the essay read.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Waldman also criticized conservatives for a recent popular \u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon\u201d slogan, which <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/03\/nascar-fans-break-out-into-fck-joe-biden-chant\/\"><span>originated<\/span><\/a><span> after an NBC Sports reporter awkwardly attempted to run cover for the president as she absurdly twisted the the crowd\u2019s \u201cF*ck Joe Biden\u201d chant live on the air, claiming it could be repeated comically \u201cin contexts where swearing is still considered inappropriate.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s sort of like when a newspaper writes \u2018f\u2014\u2019 \u2014 the meaning has been communicated, but the paper can say it didn\u2019t actually swear,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2941176470588\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FJBMovement?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FJBMovement<\/a> alive and strong as it finds it way to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCAR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nascar<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TALLADEGA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TALLADEGA<\/a> chanting &#8220;Fu*k Joe Biden&#8221; during race winner&#8217;s interview. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NASCAR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NASCAR<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FJB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FJB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FJoeBiden?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FJoeBiden<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZRKVJOgF4A\">pic.twitter.com\/ZRKVJOgF4A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sn00pster (@sn00pdad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sn00pdad\/status\/1444458392614019072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Deeming the \u201crecent acceleration of anger directed at Biden\u201d on social media \u201cstriking,\u201d he claimed the president \u201cbecame the choice of Democratic primary voters in 2020 precisely because they believed he would be the least offensive candidate\u201d in the eyes of independent and even some Republican voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Waldman also urged readers to imagine what Republicans across the country would do \u201cif the president was Elizabeth Warren or Kamala Harris?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stating that President Biden \u201chasn\u2019t been easy to hate,\u201d he argued much of the rage on the right \u201ccomes from conservatives\u2019 belief that they are being displaced [and] that society\u2019s proper hierarchies are being undermined.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>However, Waldman wrote, the \u201cfriendly\u201d president is not responsible for the anger toward him.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBiden himself can\u2019t be a symbol of that displacement,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s friendly, old Uncle Joe.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe isn\u2019t up with the latest lingo on race and gender, and like 44 of his 45 predecessors, he\u2019s a White man,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>He also said it was a \u201cstruggle\u201d to clearly define criticisms of President Biden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhich is why the conservative propaganda apparatus has struggled to define their attacks on Biden,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[T]he best they can come up with is that he\u2019s incapacitated and senile, leaving other sinister forces to pull the strings,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18396538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21288845691191.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18396538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21288845691191.png\" alt=\"President Joe Biden leans forward as he talkss to reporters upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Joe Biden leans forward as he talks to reporters upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Describing signs and chants critical of the president as a \u201cmeans for conservatives to communicate with one another\u201d their \u201cpleasure in flouting norms of polite behavior,\u201d Walden claimed that, \u201cBiden himself is almost incidental. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><i><span>This is now considered by many to be the way you establish your conservative bona fides. Your commitment to low taxes or light regulations is not nearly enough; you have to show that you\u2019re willing to be rude and crude. Can you give offense, can you make people cringe, can you do your part to make our politics as mean and unpleasant as possible? That\u2019s what will get you attention and praise.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The problem, according to Waldman, is the \u201cthuggishness\u201d of these \u201cthugs\u201d has become \u201cpart of a feedback loop running back and forth between the mass and the elite.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cRepublican members of Congress monitor conservative media to see what their constituents are seeing and saying, then they echo it back to them,\u201d he asserted. \u201cThat in turn validates thuggishness as an approach to politics, encouraging the rank and file to go even further.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[I]n many cases, those conservative elites actively work to create and encourage thuggery,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One example Waldman provided, without citing any evidence, was the supposed creation by conservatives of \u201cphony\u201d issues such as CRT to incite the masses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey create a phony \u2018issue\u2019 such as critical race theory, work to get people as enraged as possible, then when that rage erupts in threats and intimidation of school personnel and board members, they defend it and celebrate its potential to yield them political benefits,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18323802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/loudon.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18323802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/loudon.jpeg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Patti Hidalgo Menders speaks out against board actions during a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) board meeting in Ashburn, Virginia on October 12, 2021. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>However, progressive blogger claimed that such practices are not new for Republicans, alleging that the 2008 election of a \u201cblack man\u201d caused them to \u201cvibrate with fury\u201d for years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[T]he election of a Black man in 2008 made Republicans vibrate with fury for eight years,\u201d he wrote, adding that after the Trump presidency, \u201calmost no one in the GOP acts as though there\u2019s value in conducting political debates like adults.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The heart of Trump\u2019s appeal, according to Waldman, was his \u201cliberating\u201d Republicans by allowing for their \u201cworst selves\u201d to manifest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[President Trump] told Republicans that being polite was for suckers and losers, liberating them to let their worst selves come out loud and proud,\u201d he wrote. \u201cEvery bigot, bully, sexual harasser and lunkheaded goon seemed to gravitate to his cause, recognizing a kindred spirit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite some \u201cpolite and courtly\u201d Republicans in office, \u201ceveryone knows\u201d the party currently stands in contradistinction to such values.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you want to express your kinship with Republican voters, you insult the weak, you defend the indefensible, you celebrate violence, you give offense for its own sake,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat these impulses are still so powerful even with the relatively inoffensive Biden leading the country and Trump on the sidelines should make us frightened for what is to come,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Waldman concluded by considering a scenario whereby former President Trump loses to Democrat nominee such as Harris or \u201csomeone else who isn\u2019t a White man.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe degree of rage that outcome would produce on the right is almost unimaginable,\u201d he warned. \u201cAnd vulgar signs in people\u2019s front yards will be just the beginning.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Waldman was not alone in depicting the those issues concerning parents, such as CRT curriculum, as a non-issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite the essay\u2019s premise that criticism of the president and his policies is virtually unjustified, recent polls suggest otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, a new poll <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/10\/31\/chuck-todd-shocking-nbc-poll-shows-71-believe-u-s-is-on-wrong-track-scary-news-for-the-democrats\/\"><span>showed<\/span><\/a><span> 71 percent of Americans \u2014 including a near majority of Democrats \u2014 \u201dbelieve the country is on the wrong track, indicating they\u2019ve lost confidence in President Biden.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, President Biden\u2019s 11-point drop in averaged approval ratings over his first three quarters in office <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/23\/joe-bidens-approval-rating-sees-largest-drop-any-president-1953\/\"><span>marks<\/span><\/a><span> the most significant decline in approval during the same point in any presidency since 1953, according to Gallup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Also this month, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/20\/nolte-58-say-joe-biden-not-mentally-physically-capable-being-president\/\"><span>according<\/span><\/a><span> to Rasmussen Reports, a stunning 58 percent of voters say President Biden is not up to the job of being president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans create \u201cphony\u201d issues such as Critical Race Theory (CRT) to \u201cenrage\u201d Americans, according to a recent 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