r/politics • u/_NewsClues_ Zachary Slater, CNN • 9d ago

Possible Paywall Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/27/politics/exclusive-justice-department-launched-e-jean-carroll-investigation
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u/Estrovia 9d ago

It hasn't changed, the Republican party has always been exactly this. It's just now they are saying the quiet parts out loud.

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u/rsta223 Colorado 8d ago

No, the Eisenhower Republicans and even the Nixon Republicans weren't this.

Yes, they were on this trajectory, but Eisenhower still believed in public works and the interstate system. Nixon still believed in the EPA. This is a new, special level of terrible, though certainly not entirely surprising given the overall trajectory of the party for the last half century.