We’ve often talked about the hierarchy and allegiance, despite everything, of the Republican Party. The Charlotte Observer notes that the North Carolina Republican Party has taken it to an extreme with their candidate for Governor, senior member, holder of extremist, disgraceful opinion, and current Lt. Governor Mark Robinson (R-NC):
Then there’s the North Carolina Republican Party, which has not only refused to disavow Robinson, but has even gone so far as to openly defend him. In a post on social media, the NCGOP wrote that Robinson “has categorically denied the allegations made by CNN but that won’t stop the Left from trying to demonize him via personal attacks.”
How disappointing that Robinson’s campaign staff appears to have more integrity than Republican leaders who were elected to serve the people of North Carolina.
Yes, most of Robinson’s campaign staff vamoosed when they were informed of Robinson’s alleged faux-pas. But the Party practiced Party discipline, sticking to what passes for their leaders, and now Robinson’s vote total may turn out to be on the order of the size of the Republican Party in North Carolina. He’s already way, way behind.
And, since Mr Trump endorsed Robinson in glowing terms, that Party allegiance may turn North Carolina blue, as they say, as voters move, albeit reluctantly, away from Republicans, and even to the Democrats.
This is the fruit of a toxic team culture, an exemplar of what I’ve predicted for years: Remove and even disdain such requirements as competency, compromise, and experience, whittle down your metrics to how loud someone can scream LOWER TAXES, LESS REGULATION, Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, ABORTION IS EVIL … and after a while … WOMEN SHOULDN’T VOTE … and more and more, and, surprise surprise, the incompetent extremists rise to the top.
Now it’s up to the independent voters and moderate Republicans to kick the Republican Party out of power, to punish them for using a toxic team culture.
