Can you imagine not knowing Republicans are racist and sexist just because they talked about hiding it for a few months?
What they need is to give the typical con and, lol, “independents”, a permission structure to continue to vote for Republicans. Everyone knows they are racists, but it’s nudge, nudge, wink, wink.
Or more pertinently, feeling like you have to issue a warning to your peers to not be racist and sexist, and then still choosing to associate with them?
They all know their party is chock full of racists. This is why they get so damned angry and try to tone-police normal Americans when normal Americans call them out for their racism, sexism, and being Nazis. I just saw Bill O’Lielly try this garbage - where calling racists (them) racists is somehow related to a Republican trying to shoot their orange fuhrer. He actually did this.
Meanwhile, Conservatives:
(whisper “don’t say the quiet parts out loud”)
They’re finally being honest about who and what they are. It’s what their sexist and racist base want. Their base would vote for them if they dressed up in hooded robes emblazoned with red and black swastikas and burned crosses in the lawn of the Capital. They’re trying to time down their honesty so that they don’t alienate swing voters who might be turned off by the open expression of their sexism and racism and to reduce the risk of mobilizing those who find it abhorent.
Good luck with that.
Literally a few articles above in my feed:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/25/kamala-harris-trump-republicans-attacks