The extent to which the Republican Party has not conceded the last election is somewhat terrifying, though. They're still saying Trump is at the center of the party, and Trump is still saying the election was stolen from him. How does the party move on from that? And this, from CPAC, which seems like it's right out of Exodus 32:
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That was graven in Mexico, by the way.
So in some real way, the election isn't over, because one side has decided not to learn from its mistakes, and to start blaming phantoms instead. I was there in 2016, and for all I heard "Hillary lost, get over it" from conservatives, Democrats had a pretty deep discussion about why we lost. And we figured out what we could do to win again, what we could change. Right now, this discussion is only happening on the fringiest fringe of the Republican Party -- your Liz Cheneys, Adam Kinzlingers, and Mitt Romneys. People like that are so far outside the mainstream of their party that no one is listening.
That was graven in Mexico, by the way.
So in some real way, the election isn't over, because one side has decided not to learn from its mistakes, and to start blaming phantoms instead. I was there in 2016, and for all I heard "Hillary lost, get over it" from conservatives, Democrats had a pretty deep discussion about why we lost. And we figured out what we could do to win again, what we could change. Right now, this discussion is only happening on the fringiest fringe of the Republican Party -- your Liz Cheneys, Adam Kinzlingers, and Mitt Romneys. People like that are so far outside the mainstream of their party that no one is listening.
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