After a decade of BS 'war on ...' rhetoric, the Republican Party destroyed Thanksgiving
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It is Thanksgiving. Like every holiday in the world, individuals and families celebrate it or don’t celebrate it in their own way. Christmas is similar—you may celebrate it, or or you may not. But one thing is for sure: Whichever holidays you and youAfter a decade of BS 'war on ...' rhetoric, the Republican Party destroyed Thanksgiving
It is Thanksgiving. Like every holiday in the world, individuals and families celebrate it or don’t celebrate it in their own way. Christmas is similar—you may celebrate it, or or you may not. But one thing is for sure: Whichever holidays you and yours celebrate together or apart, you do it differently than everybody else. This fundamental fact has always been the basic flaw in the conservative narrative that liberals were waging some kind of cultural war on Thanksgiving. The irony, like everything with the conservative movement in this country, is that it’s the conservative movement in our country that has led to Thanksgiving being ruined for millions of Americans. However, this year is different. We are in the middle of an out-of-control pandemic that could have been mitigated at any point if the Republican Party could have seen its way to doing the most basic of leadership jobs. Now, having done nothing except throw up their hands, the White House is telling Americans to prepare for their “last Thanksgiving.” It’s important to note that if at any time, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and soon-to-be former president Donald Trump had just allowed their hearts to grow a couple sizes larger for a week or so, and sent out meaningful stimulus that didn’t just line the wealthiest sectors of society’s pockets, Donald Trump would likely still be president for the next four years. Read more