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Part of the GOP’s Problem

November 17, 2022 · 10:00 am ET · Leave a Comment

Ben Shapiro slammed the Senate vote to advance the right to same-sex marriage: “If you vote for the idea that society has an obligation to recognize male-male or female-female dyads in the same way that society has to recognize male-female, you should not be in the Republican Party.”

Charlie Sykes: “In theory, that means that at least a dozen Republican Senators — and probably several dozen House Republicans — ought to be excommunicated. And, under the Shapiro Rule, several million Republican-leaning voters also ought to be shown the door, which seems an odd strategy for a political party struggling to figure out how to win elections.”

“But maybe, just maybe, that’s part of the GOP’s problem.”

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