Why Republicans are still facing a candidate quality problem - Washington Week PBS

[Rhiannon12866]

The Republican Party is facing a candidate quality problem. The panel discusses the scandal surrounding the GOP candidate for governor in North Carolina and the fallout for the unfortunate Ohio town of Springfield after Trump and Vance spread false claims that immigrants there were eating pets. - Aired on 09/20/2024.

[brer cat]

1. Interesting segment. Thanks for posting, Rhiannon.

I do think trump's evil and demeaning rhetoric will be worse as we come closer to the election. With enthusiasm for the Harris/Walz ticket increasing, he has limited options other than to ramp up racist/bigoted fears of his base and the undecided voters.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I certainly agree with you and think that his increasing loss of control is making TFG more desperate

And clearly even more unhinged which makes him even more dangerous. We saw what he did the last time, for which he has yet to face repercussions, so there's not much stopping him from repeating the same behavior - or worse.

[genxlib]

3. Candidate quality?

Sure but no one is saying the rest.

It is voter quality that is elevating these bad candidates. If the bad candidates weren’t finding support, their pursuits would wither away. Yet time and time again, the GOP primaries are advancing the clowns, conspiracy nuts and racists.

Unfortunately, it is a worsening and self fulfilling problem. As the candidates get worse, reasonable people leave the GOP and only the most radical are left behind to choose ever more extreme candidates.

Frankly it wouldn’t matter if those leaving the party actually fully rejected those candidates. Instead they just complain about candidate quality and vote for them anyway in the general. In many ways, I actually blame them more than the crazies because they are purposely overriding their principles to vote for people that they know to be unacceptable.


Of course all of this goes back to the right wing media who are driving the bad behavior and demonizing the better candidates in a way to make people think these bad candidates are still better than the devil incarnate democrats.

[Irish_Dem]

4. GOP immoral candidates reflect the MAGA voters' utter lack of morality.

[Midnight Writer]

5. The Party of Hate, Bullying, Misogyny, and Racism attracts bad candidates? I did Nazi see that coming.