If the Republican party was a functional, normal political party, they'd be demanding that Trump...

[Yavin4]

announce his resignation or at the very least, not seek re-election in the fall. They would acknowledge that Trump is unfit for the job and apologize to the American people for making him the nominee of the party.

This century is only 20 years old, and we've had almost 12 years of Republican presidents. In thos 12 years, we've had 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Katrina, the financial crisis, Russian interference, bribing of Ukraine, and now the bungled response to Covid-19 which has lead us into another economic collapse and global quarantine.

What does it take for people to recognize how damaged this party is? What does it take for people to realize that the Republican party needs to be kept away from power until after some deep self-examination.

Alas, the Republican party is not a normal political party, and any attempts to work with them in a bi-partisan manner only normalizes them and gives them legitimacy.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. And that's not even counting

the 6-8 years of the Tea Party Republicans in Congress (pre-Trump) who harassed and obstructed President Obama from addressing some of the earlier Republican messes and cut funding for important governmental functions to the bone.

[Ohiogal]

2. They will say

But we greatly restricted access to abortion! So it’s all been worth it!

[Yavin4]

3. But it's okay for old people to die from the virus for the good of the economy.

They've even lost that argument.