Jon Meacham Asks: Are GOP Going To Govern Or ‘Perpetually Campaign’ For Trump’s America? | Deadline

Presidential historian Jon Meacham speaks about the ‘coherent culture’ between all former presidents besides Donald Trump, and what key questions lie ahead for the Republican party. Aired on 02/24/2021.
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Jon Meacham Asks: Are GOP Going To Govern Or ‘Perpetually Campaign’ For Trump’s America? | Deadline

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  1. the GQP hasnt bothered to try and govern for more than a decade…. this isnt even a joke, what major legislation have they passed in the last decade besides tax cuts?….

    1. @shery amir aslani Don’t get excited Shery, my point was, before the pandemic that’s 3yrs, not the last year of Trumps term….

    2. @Eagle 1 Twice impeached, one term = couldn’t get re-elected means that Trump is a failure – again. Let it sink in. If Trump’s economy was that good, why did he get kicked to the curb?

  2. Division is an art of war, divide and conquer. Russia may be pushing the Republican party in this direction 🤔

    1. Yep, I’ve been saying that for awhile now. That is trump and republicans game and right wing media is at it 24/7.

    2. tRump still and will remain under Putin thumb. tRump too dumb for anything else to do in his life. Too much idle time. With no brains in his head.

    1. @Skankhunt36 You are correct, and thankfully, when it mattered, they did the right thing. Imagine the disaster had they backed the lie…….

    1. @Drew Peesack arent the proud boys a homosexual group on twitter?
      I guess it makes sense trump supporters are into these things

  3. It’s 79% in a new the new morning poll. 60% republicans. Let them vote against it. Their problem with those numbers.

  4. Trump never wanted to do the actual work of being president, he only enjoyed campaigning for it, and the GOP indulged his endless rallies. So it’s no surprise they’ve forgotten how to govern.

    1. That’s what anyone would say who only reads and watches left wing “media” only. Watch all media even if you think it’s “conspiracy theory” content. You’ll find that there’s truth in a lot of different things that would change your opinion on who the msm really are. They have lied over and over.

    2. code- bleu
      You’re right. Also the power, control over others and the immunity from his crimes the job provided

      Trump left the responsibilities of the job up to others and once they’re done, he swoons in and take the credit. No one can name one thing that Trump has accomplished, but I can name who in his administration did what. When he was campaigning, he promised a better and cheaper healthcare to Obamacare, and expected the Republicans in Congress to develop it without any input from him.

      His rallies were held to boost his ego and make sure that his “leverage” was still in his pocket. Without his followers, he would have no control over the GOP, so he has to make sure that they stay in his corner and not forget about him.

    3. @Drew Peesack I’ve tried to watch Fox a few times. The lies and conspiracy theories they were pushing were so disgusting I swore never again.
      What Fox put out was so far left-field I thought they were reporting from a different planet.
      I’ll stay with the main stream media, I find them more truthful and trustworthy than any mouthpiece or echo-chamber of the GoP will ever be.

    1. That’s a lie Howard, Donald J. Dumb also watched documentaries about “cans of soup”, “bleach” and “how many times you should flush a toilet”

    1. No they like spending 8 trillion in 4 years and bailing out billions to corporate America. But hate relief for people and Covid supplies. They get paid do do nothing but put on a stupid show.

    2. They’re offering for us to kindly freeze to death in our own beds while they cash the checks from corporate interests and fly to greener pastures and holiday in mexico

  5. I concur with Jon Meacham here, but I’ll go a step beyond and say that that is exactly what the Republican mega-donors desire. A country that is tied up in knots is less able to regulate, and to the ultra elite capitalists legislate = regulate.

    1. I can only imagine what my old WW2 veteran conservative relatives would say about Trump now??

      I know my Uncle would roll over in his grave..🤔

  6. Take down the name of every Republican who supported the election nonsense. Donate to their challenger in every election; even if they don’t live in your state. Enough is enough.

  7. GOP hasn’t been interested in real governance for decades. Their whole reason for existence has been lowering tax rates for the wealthy, reducing or eliminating regulations for companies, and rigging election laws and voting rights so that they could stay in power with small minorities voting for them.

  8. The GoP don’t care about governing any more, just holding onto power for the sake of it.
    Nothing shows this more than them having to gerrymander the election districts and suppress the voters that don’t vote for them.

  9. The GQP are finished having any hope of being a excellent or dependable or functional governing body able to take care of all America.

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