Ken Burns Says 'Abraham Lincoln Is Turning Over In His Grave,' GOP Is 'Incredibly Dangerous'

Posted • September 24, 2024: Documentarian Ken Burns is a Democrat and by extension a Never Trumper. He doesn't say anything new here, claiming that the Republican Party has morphed into something "incredibly dangerous," but it's not like he was ever going to vote Republican anyway … he was probably among those who considered Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt Romney to be too extreme, if not Nazis. Never Trumpers seem to have a plan: Elect the most liberal senator to be president, teaching the GOP to reform itself and expel the MAGA crowd, returning to the "real" Republican Party … the one that continuously loses to the Democrats and keeps a smile on its face. Look at how Kamala Harris has gained the support of Republicans like Liz and Dick Cheney. That's apparently what Burns wants back … a GOP led by someone like Liz Cheney that will be roundly defeated by Democrats. Democrats might cheer Cheney for her endorsement, but they'd never cast a vote for her for anything.

So why are Democrats so anxious to see a return to the "real" Republican Party? Easy … because it either loses to or goes along with the Democrats. “The Republican Party has morphed into something incredibly dangerous.” — Ken Burns longs for the return of a Liz Cheney-led GOP, slams MAGA: “Abraham Lincoln is turning over in his grave” — the GOP needs to “leave the MAGA base behind.” Burns fails to mention that there is only one party radicalizing assassins to take out their opposition political leader, and it’s not the GOP — but of course that doesn’t qualify as "incredibly dangerous” to Burns. Bottom line — the Cheney/Bush GOP is what's being left behind; and that’s what Burns and the DC establishment they can’t handle. (…)

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