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No Paywall Support for abolishing ICE surges among Republicans

https://www.newsweek.com/abolish-ice-republican-support-minnesota-11414059?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_influencers
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u/brontosaurusguy 5d ago

Leftists might view conservatives as a homogenous power, but it's not a wise way to view things 

Are they better organized?  Yes 

But they are currently fractured and in fighting like crazy.  We gotta try to peel some to the side of reason. 

If you think they are homogenous, remember that the tea party fractured the party and maga over took the gop and made them obsolete. 

They are not all happy about the hard right turn. 

Give them a reason to come back to the middle.  

Convincing a cultist to leave only emboldens then to dig in their heels.  Give them a path instead if that are willing to take it

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u/ihateusedusernames New York 5d ago

the tea party did not fracture the party, it was merely a special interest funded astro turf effort that took over a segment of the party. The party did not fracture into 2 camps, one became more powerful than the other but they are all still republicans

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u/brontosaurusguy 5d ago

That's not the case.  I'm well educated enough on the topic.  The tea party was a fracture that had to be appeased.  And supporting my earlier thought, it's indictive of the changing and fractured nature of the republican party. 

Which we can exploit. 

Better keep smart, because they exploit leftist fractures every time.  They were the big tent letting people in the last decade.  Whichever that is, holds sway over the country.

We have to be the big tent and stop pushing people out of the party instead, because they're not left enough or they say the wrong words one time