{"id":95991,"date":"2025-07-04T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=95991"},"modified":"2025-07-04T09:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T13:18:49","slug":"will-july-4th-2025-mark-the-downfall-of-the-republican-party-time-will-tell-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/07\/04\/will-july-4th-2025-mark-the-downfall-of-the-republican-party-time-will-tell-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Will July 4th, 2025 mark the downfall of the Republican Party? Time will tell. [Christian]"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Iowa, Trump Begins Task of Selling His Bill to the American Public<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0— from nytimes.com by Tyler Pager
\nPresident Trump has spent days cajoling Republicans to support his spending bill. He will also have to sell it to a skeptical public as Democrats focus on all the ways it helps the wealthy.<\/em><\/p>\n

President Trump took a victory lap on Thursday night after the House passed his sprawling domestic policy bill, which he muscled through Congress even as many in his party fear it will leave them vulnerable to political attacks ahead of next year\u2019s midterm elections.\u00a0(From DSC: Which it likely will do just that, and very possibly way beyond the midterm elections also.)
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\nJust 29 percent of voters support the legislation,<\/strong><\/span> according to\u00a0a recent Quinnipiac University poll<\/a>. Roughly two-thirds of Republicans supported the bill in that poll, a relatively low figure from the president\u2019s own party for his signature legislation, and independents opposed it overwhelmingly.<\/p>\n

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From DSC:
\n<\/em><\/span>Did you get that? Just ***29%*** of voters supported the legislation. But it passed anyway. I’m left thinking…so much for democracy. And I’m also disheartened by the caving of the other two branches of our government. The lack of leadership is staggering. But I guess when you remove all leaders that oppose your way of thinking, you have only Yes men\/followers and Yes women\/followers left. It’s taken years for the Republican Party to carefully orchestrate the ownership of those other branches. <\/span>(BTW, I celebrate the handful of Republican leaders in the Senate like Sen. Thom Tillis\u00a0and in the House who did not cave to Trump and Johnson, but instead voted with their own hearts and minds. They showed true strength of conviction and courage. It will likely cost them, but they can look in the mirror and feel good about themselves and what they’ve done.)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Look out Republicans (and I’ve voted for both Republican and Democrat Presidents in the past). Perhaps July 4th, 2025 will mark the downfall of the Republican Party in America. Time will tell. But I’m hopeful that we can find more common ground.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Regardless, it says a lot about who we, as Americans, are these days — that he’s even in the presidency. I highly doubt he would have been there even a generation or two ago. We’re a nation in decline. It’s been hard to watch this through the years. I’m no saint, but I’m also not the President.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of matters of faith…I can’t help but wonder what the LORD is doing in this. Is He humbling America or is it something far worse…? He’s justified in whatever He has decided to do. Americans have been dissing Him for decades, while refusing to give Him the credit due His Name. Time will tell my friends…time will tell.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The House passed a sweeping bill to extend tax cuts and slash social safety net programs. The budget office reported the measure would increase U.S. national debt by at least $3.4 trillion over a decade.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kenny Holston\/The New York Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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