Most Republicans Say Believing Trump's Election Lies Is Vital To Being A Republican Today

A new poll shows that Trump's election lies are not just for the fringe anymore, as a majority of Republicans now say that believing these lies is a central tenet of "Republicanism." There is no hope for this Party anymore, and it needs to be left to die. The adults left the building years ago, and the lunatics are the ones running the asylum now. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains why the Republican Party cannot - and SHOULD NOT - be salvaged.

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A new CNN poll has some really terrifying information about where the Republican party stands today. The poll found in two separate questions that 60%, a majority of Republicans, believe that believing Donald Trump's big lie is now a central part of republicanism. Here's what the poll found. The first question is that about six in 10 self-identified Republicans claim to believe quote, supporting Donald Trump is either a very or somewhat important part of what being a Republican means to you. Okay. That little part, to you, it doesn't mean Republicans taking this poll are out there saying, nah, it looks like believing in Trump, you know, is kind of something you got to do. They're saying no, no, no. Believing in Trump is something I have to do. So they're not making broad generalizations or criticisms about the party. They're talking about what they personally feel needs to be important to anyone calling themselves a Republican. It goes on.

Is quote, believing that Donald Trump won the 2020 election a very or somewhat important part of republicanism, those responses almost identical, six in 10 Republicans agreeing that it is. So a majority of people who call themselves Republicans in the United States today say that, yes, you have to support Donald Trump and yes, I do believe that the 2020 election was stolen. This party's beyond help. This party needs to be allowed to wither and die. There is no saving the Republican party. There's no reason to even save the Republican party. Look, Nancy Pelosi came out recently and said, we need a strong Republican party here in the United States. And she got trashed for it online and rightfully so. And I say that as somebody who used to think that. Okay. I have said that sitting right here, that we need a strong Republican party. Uh, no, we don't actually. You know, I've changed my tune on that for quite some time because no, we don't. There is no need for a Republican party here in the United States. Although the thought of having a single party monopoly, even if it is the Democrats, is rather terrifying.

What we need is 10 viable political parties here in the United States or at least five viable political parties, right. Something more than what we have. But the Republican party doesn't have to be one of them because the Republican party is officially gone off its rocker. Okay. You cannot salvage this. You cannot rehabilitate this. You cannot make something out of the crazy. And that's what has taken hold of the Republican party. And that's why I get so angry talking about Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger all the time, because at the end of the day, they won't leave the party. So if you're a part of this party, doesn't matter if you're part of the 60% or the 40%, this is what your party actually believes as a whole. You cannot divorce yourself from it. So if you're a Republican, if you vote solidly Republican, you're supporting a party where the majority of people that are part of it say that you have to support Donald Trump. You have to believe his big lie or else you're not a true Republican.