Grand Old Party
Americannoun
noun
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If Musk didn’t recognize when he hitched his career, reputation, and public image to Trump last year that the Grand Old Party would target clean energy while protecting oil and gas, then he is beyond help.
From Slate
Then Giles, who ruffled feathers when he endorsed Democrats Gov. Katie Hobbs and Sen. Mark Kelly in 2022, came out with a pro-Harris media blitz: penning an op-ed in the Arizona Republic, appearing on major news networks and capping it off with a speech at the Democratic National Convention, where he said, “The Grand Old Party has been kidnapped by extremists and devolved into a cult, the cult of Donald Trump.”
From Los Angeles Times
What happened to the Grand Old Party that always wanted to cut the deficit?
From Salon
What happened to the former Grand Old Party I, a Democrat, was fond of and voted for?
From Seattle Times
Whatever it may be that drives Nikki Haley to keep running, we should all be glad that at least one Republican is choosing to stand in the way of Trump’s total domination of the once Grand Old Party.
From Seattle Times
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