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Re:National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy by lumost on Saturday January 16, 2021 @02:30PM (#25804724)
The "step out of line" problem in the GOP is real. It allows the extreme voices in the party to consistently target an individual politician while corralling everyone else. Meanwhile it also encourages the notion that the GOP has internal discussion and isn't very unified while voting on all issues as a unified block.

Every republican I know can name a few GOP platform positions they dislike or even find alarming, but never the less they vote for politicians who are forced to adopt every position.

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Re:National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy by mobilewatch7 on Saturday January 16, 2021 @02:46PM (#25804845)
The problem is even worse for the Democrats on abortion, there are no pro-life Democrats allowed at the national level. The GOP is tolerant on guns in comparison.
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Re:National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy by igetspam on Saturday January 16, 2021 @03:10PM (#25805061)
Nice whataboutism. You got some ammo to back up that claim? The GOP is nothing if not unified to a fault. They're strong because they will tow the line to hold power. (Mitch hates trump and Cruz got in line even after the mud slinging about his wife.) It's fractured now but they've historically been in lock step, even when it was against their personal, publicly stated, beliefs. Democrats have been weak because they don't require the same level of kool-aid consumption.
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