Can an autopsy be pronounced dead? After five awful debates filled with xenophobia, bigotry, warmongering and lies about everything from Planned Parenthood to generals' resignations, the GOP's 2016 clown car passengers have effectively killed off everything in their party's post-2012, soul-searching, what-went-wrong report. Instead of reaching out to new constituencies as the autopsy recommended, the Republicans have decided to tick off everyone in sight.
Yes, we cats know that the lid was slammed on that coffin some time ago. But we were reminded of it again when the GOP's front-runner, Donald Trump, hit 40 percent in a recent Monmouth University poll of national Republicans and then promptly went out and reminded Hispanics and other minorities across the country why his party is not, repeat, not for them.
First, he appeared at a rally in Arizona with professional hater Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who in addition to his usual railing against Spanish speakers tossed a glowing birtherism reference into his speech. Heck, Donald, why not give "the blacks" another reason to vote for Hillary next year?
And then a bit closer to home, Trump chose a leading anti-immigrant lamebrain from Prince William County, Corey Stewart, to chair his Virginia campaign. Sure! Let's raise alarm bells among the 90,000-plus Hispanics who are fundamentally transforming this purple state's most important bellwether county. Why not?
Ah, Republicans. Every one of you is complicit in this. As long as none of you repudiates Trump for his bad behavior, you must all plead guilty to the cold, bloody murder of the "Growth and Opportunity Project." We cats PURR.
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