The 6 Stages of Political Surrender

“Republicans didn’t decide to become President Trump’s party. They surrendered to him, one stage at a time, over a decade, in plain sight,” Axios reports.

“Democrats swear that socialism’s growing grip on their party is different, and can be contained. The early signals suggest otherwise.”

“Party transformations follow a predictable six-stage evolution — recoil, squint, rationalize, submit, amplify, and purge. Each stage has language you can hear long before you see it in the votes. Republicans just finished the full cycle. Democrats might be starting it.”