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Garbo: Fear Is Not a Strategy And It’s Killing the Republican Party

Rocky Mountain Voice, Approved, Commentary, State, Top Stories / May 28, 2025 / Conservative Movement, Fear In Politics, GOP Future, Leadership, Political Strategy, Republican Party

There’s a growing tone in parts of the Republican Party – loud, bitter, and angry. It presents itself as strength, as boldness, as “fighting back.” But listen closely, and you’ll hear something else beneath it: fear.

You see it in the endless purity tests.

In the public shaming of fellow Republicans.

In the weaponized use of the word “RINO.”

In the obsession with rooting people out instead of bringing people in.

This isn’t what strength looks like. It’s what fear looks like when it’s dressed in patriotism and broadcast through a megaphone.

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Out of order: Was DNC vice chair David Hogg undone by procedure—or politics?

When your bylaws mention gender 47 times and Robert’s Rules is 1,135 pages long, what could possibly go wrong?

David Hogg says the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is trying to “fast-track” his removal as vice chair. The party insists it’s just following procedure. But veteran parliamentarian Gregory Carlson says what happened may violate one of the most basic principles of Robert’s Rules of Order – you can’t go back and undo a vote after the meeting is over.

“Usually, you can’t overturn something that’s already happened on procedural grounds,” Carlson said. “You have to challenge it at the time that it’s happening.”