Quit this defeatest surrender monkey talk, it's pathetic and shows a complete ignorance of American history. We've had groups in worse situations before, and they've managed to overcome. Get a fucking hold of yourselves, jesus.
Gun control is dying by both law and practicality. People are moving around the country to places that better suit themselves, the twitter files are literally just being released, etc.
I'm being realistic, based on what I've seen and experienced.
Outside of deep red areas, the GOP isn't a savior, it's at best the slightly less evil, and the Dems may as well control it's leadership.
And if the Dems already effectively control the leadership of both parties, why not cut out the middle man and just aim for, or at least more control, of the madness inside the Dems.
Between Bush Jr. and now Trump, I doubt the GOP will be able to get real power unless DeSantis can make it to the Oval. If Desantis cannot get elected in 2024 or 2028, the GOP has no one else in the cards who is better suited and younger.
The GOP has clung to the Boomer-cons ideology too tightly in many ways (trickle down economics and ignoring automation's role in infaltion and job losses, plus off-shoring), and not tightly enough in others ironically (the Cold War never ended, it just went into half-time), at the cost of their potential future prospects, for too long, and if DeSantis cannot do it, I don't think any in the current youngest GOP generation has a better shot.
Because remember, I know what other groups suffered through, and how they succeeded. There is a reason I keep saying the GOP needs to lean more on MLK and Fredrick Douglas than George Washington or Reagan when it comes to ideology and tactics for the modern day.
The GOP was founded by free blacks and former slaves allied with abolitionists and common folk who did not like slavery. The party needs to go back to it's roots, or die off and let something new emerge like a phoenix from the ashes.