Every writer who blames Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s destruction is in denial. I can’t be the only one who recognized that it was destined to fail as early as 2010.

Trump is not the villain; there are many Republicans who must share the blame. A lack of leadership has allowed a small number of extremists to destroy the future of the once Grand Old Party.

After the 2012 election, Reince Priebus claimed that the party must change. He said that they would encourage the support of additional demographic groups, and align themselves with the majority of the American people. Unfortunately, like most of the Chairman’s statements, they were nothing but ‘hot air.’

John Boehner was a complete failure as the Speaker of the House. He capitulated to the TEA Party, or the Freedom Caucus, and allowed it to ruin the government of the United States. His resignation was far too long in coming, but don’t expect Paul Ryan to be any better; he’s naïve if he believes he can change the direction of the House.

Mitch McConnell should have followed Boehner’s lead. His obstructionism began in 2009 when he said that nothing would be done in Washington. His only purpose was to make Barrack Obama a one-term president. Now he wants to void the intent of the Constitution and leave a seat open on the Supreme Court, rendering it virtually dysfunctional.

Donald Trump is not destroying the Republican Party; he may actually be its savior. An internal revolution is necessary to renew the GOP to its once great status as a viable group which worked for the American people, not against them.

President Obama defined the situation. He said that Trump simply “says in more interesting ways” what every other Republican says too.

The other candidates are merely hiding their true feelings and ambitions. They have no concern for the working class. Their ‘tax plans’ all favor the super wealthy and would greatly increase income inequality as the middle class fades away and the number of Americans living in poverty grows.

There is no Republican Party today; it must be reincarnated. The American government cannot exist without two parties which deliberate the issues important to all Americans and find compromise.

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By James Turnage

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