Colorado GOP rep declares: ‘The Republican Party is dead’

By artappraiser on Tue, 08/01/2017 - 12:38am |

By Mallory Shelburne @ TheHill.com, July 31

A Republican congressman from Colorado on Monday declared that the Republican Party is “dead,” arguing it “no longer has a vision for a better America.”

In an op-ed for The Denver Post, Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said the party that once had “the blood of the people” coursing “through its veins” is not pursing conservative policies [....]

The editorial slammed the tax code, the healthcare market and government spending, with Buck saying the Republican Party needs a vision and a message to unite the nation. He also criticized special interests, echoing the anti-establishment rhetoric that came to characterize the 2016 presidential election [....]

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/344713-colorado-gop-rep-declares-the-republican-party-is-dead