Sticks and stones may break their bones, but Republican words - and image -
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| WI GOP Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in protective equipment while claiming it was "incredibly safe" to go out into the pandemic and cast an in-person April election ballot. |
- keep hurting them.
* From former GOP presidential candidate Bobby Jindal to his party in 2013:
Bobby Jindal: GOP needs to 'stop being the stupid party'
* From other Republicans, for the record, in the 2020 election's closing days:
As virus spreads across GOP ranks, some Republicans say party will pay price for ‘stupid’ approach
“There was a panic before this started, but now we’re sort of the stupid party,” said Edward J. Rollins, co-chairman of the pro-Trump super PAC Great America.
* And here's a variation in June from conservative columnist George Will, the formerly-reliable GOP stalwart-turned-high-profile anti-Trumper:
George Will: Young people now consider GOP 'the dumb party'
Which is why Will said in July that his first-ever presidential vote for a Democrat would go to Biden this November.