Has the GOP become the anti-patriot party?

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It is February, 4 months since the election, and Trump supporters still continue their efforts to illegally overturn the election.  After all of their court cases were tossed out due to lack of evidence Arizona GOP state officials are now demanding that Maricopa Country election officials turn over the ballots and ballot machines.  This request is a violation of both Federal and State election laws (it is a fundamental truth of the American democracy that ballots are confidential) and so election officials have refused.  The GOP state officials then attempted to place the election officials under arrest, a vote that failed by only one vote.  They have since retaliated against the GOP officials who are refusing to go along with this illegal and unpatriotic effort.

How can you claim to be an American patriot when your party attempts to undo and undermine the very foundation of our democracy?

I would remind you that the "evidence" of election fraud has been refuted by state election officials (including many in the GOP), federal election officials (including Trump appointees), judges (including Trump appointees), and independent researchers on both sides.

https://www.azfamily.com/news/politics/arizona_politics/arizona-senate-contempt-vote-in-election-fight-with-maricopa-county-board-fails/article_46633455-bfa3-51a9-a2ab-b9800f60043e.html

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

They're definitely becoming more detached from democracy.  Both American parties used to believe in common notions about democracy: that elections should be free and fair, that the voice of the people mattered, that peaceful resolution of problems was the norm.  Republicans are increasingly uncomfortable with that.  We saw this with this latest election.  Many of them fundamentally reject the basis of democracy.  They don't see any politics other than their own as valid and refuse to see any result where they lose power as valid.  Obviously they're not supposed to like it when their preferred candidate loses, but they've gone beyond that, to thinking that any result where their candidate loses is, by definition, illegitimate and illegal.

Grundoon · Answer

There are many patriotic and intelligent Republicans.
The rest claim voter fraud.

Jeancommunicates · Answer

No.  They are probably more patriotic than most people in America.  There are always a few bad apples in every party.  The Democrat Party has Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff, Chuck Schumer, etc.

Anonymous · Answer

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

Emma · Answer

"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy."
― David Frum, Republican political commentator and speechwriter for G.W. Bush

Has the GOP become the anti-patriot party?

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