The Increasingly Exotic DC Republicans
6th December 2020
The first presidential election in which the District of Columbia participated was in 1964. Before that, DC was excluded from presidential elections. It was designed as a neutral site, for Americans to meet to discuss their differences and to establish our government. The Democrat Party pushed hard, for years, to add DC to presidential elections. And you can certainly understand why. Those who prefer big government, like Democrats, tend to gravitate to DC.
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I think this illustrates why the Republican Party needs someone with the personality of Donald Trump. Who else can be effective in a town in which 95% of the people hate you? I couldn’t work there. Could you? But he seems to thrive on the combat. So not only can I understand why he was elected, but perhaps that is the only realistic option that Republicans have, for the foreseeable future.
The genial Reagan/Bush types may no longer be an option. Not if we want to get anything done. It appears that we need Donald Trump, or somebody like him. I’m not saying that’s good or bad. I’m just saying that’s the way it is.