mooscaretaker t1_ivoj3qc wrote on November 9, 2022 at 1:44 PM

I wonder what this means for the statewide GOP. They need to rethink their candidates

DrewCrew62 t1_ivtktb1 wrote on November 10, 2022 at 2:48 PM

That was my thought about Kalus especially. Like there’s ways republicans can win state offices in New England, and it’s not by running someone whose political idol is Ron desantis. Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire have all had Republican governors as of late, and I know for mass and Vermont at least, we’re fairly moderate people chill on social issues. It really makes me wonder what the local party is thinking when they pull shit like this

mooscaretaker t1_ivu4c8f wrote on November 10, 2022 at 4:58 PM

The RIGOP chair has not been great for moderate republicans. She's divisive and she pitted herself against Fungs pick for the head of the GOP who was a prochoice moderate. https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/ri-republicans-elect-cienki-as-chair/

x237C t1_ivw5i5s wrote on November 11, 2022 at 1:24 AM

This election showed that the national GOP needs to do the same. The GOP will need to rejoin reality and have a platform beyond own the libs before they will be seriously considered by anyone beyond the base.