The Christian Democrat pundits are wringing their hands about Trumpism in general and the vacuity of ACHA in particular. ACHA, in their eyes, validates all of the old, false liberal cliches about the Party of Lincoln wanting to redistribute wealth from the poor to the wealthy and from minorities to white people. As Mark Jackson, an ESPN basketball commentator might say, “C’mon GOP! You’re better than that!”
Or not. Bill Parcells is famous for saying “You are what your record says you are.” The record shows that the mainstream of the GOP consists of small government fanatics, climate change deniers, self-interested businessmen, and reactionaries whose principal mission in life is to return political, social, and economic power to the white Christian patriarchy. Can you point to any action taken by the GOP, not just in this administration, but in the past 8 years, that disproves this statement? Didn’t think so.