The GOP has taken its cue from The Donald and embraced a total disdain for facts. Unfortunately, over thirty years of right-wing propaganda has brainwashed a large portion of the American electorate into accepting unsubstantiated opinions and alternate facts (i.e. lies) as being of equal value to researched and verified factual information.
For its part, the media have been complicit in this flight from fact to fantasy. They have allowed blatant lies to go unchallenged out of fear that the liars will no longer grant them interviews. Simultaneously, Fox "News" has provided a separate-but-unequal forum where those liars have been portrayed as paragons of truth to the growing throng of the brainwashed by fawning shills for the Koch Brothers posing as journalists.
In the comics and comments below I will attempt to illustrate and explore how disconnected the once rational GOP has become from the real world and the lives of the American people.
Let's start with a simple question posed by America's favorite engineer and proceed to the evidence.
Why is it that the nuttiest people define reality?
Item 1: Healthcare (If you're not well-off, you don't deserve it.)
Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated.– Donald J. Trump, February 27, 2017
Item 2: Climate Change (For starters, Trump called it a Chinese hoax.)
What Has Trump Said About Global Warming
How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science
Item 3: Tax Reform (The GOP plan is as helpful to the middle class as a wart transplant.)
How the Republican tax bill benefits the rich, according to government analysis
Who benefits from GOP tax plan? "The wealthy," Bloomberg editor says
"We Want Our Money Back!" The Rallying Cry of the 99% After GOP Tax Scam Bill Passes Senate
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