The seemingly intractable problem we face.

[berg80]

Republican voters believe things that aren’t true. That’s a problem for the GOP.​

Solar power is the cheapest form of electricity to set up in most parts of the world. Tariffs are paid by U.S. importers, who pass along the costs to consumers. And noncitizen voting is extraordinarily rare.

These three statements are facts. You can verify them by looking at scientific research, listening to experts or just reading reliable news outlets.

Recent polls, however, show that substantial numbers of Republican voters simply don’t believe these statements. That’s bad for the country, because it’s harder for us to solve problems and decide how to move ahead when we can’t agree on the facts. It’s also bad for Republican politicians — and they have only themselves to blame.

Led by President Donald Trump, many members of the GOP in recent years have made their case by attacking the underlying facts, making baseless claims and undermining the credibility of independent experts who could contradict them. The result is a party that is increasingly out of touch with voters outside its ideological bubble and unable to come up with good arguments or practical solutions.

Republican voters believe things that aren’t true. That’s a problem for the GOP.

The party can’t make good arguments or put forward solutions unless it’s grounded in reality.

www.ms.now

Not as much of a problem for the GOP as it is for the country.

Clearly, the problem extends beyond those issues. Primary among them being R's reticence in acknowledging who won the 2020 election and whether trump is culpable for trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

The implications being disastrous for self governance due to the difficulty in agreeing on what needs fixing and how to fix it. So long as there is a conservative media cohort reinforcing falsehoods like the three mentioned in the article I hold out little hope of things improving any time soon.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Republican voters believe things that aren’t true. That’s a problem for the GOP.​

Solar power is the cheapest form of electricity to set up in most parts of the world. Tariffs are paid by U.S. importers, who pass along the costs to consumers. And noncitizen voting is extraordinarily rare.

These three statements are facts. You can verify them by looking at scientific research, listening to experts or just reading reliable news outlets.

Recent polls, however, show that substantial numbers of Republican voters simply don’t believe these statements. That’s bad for the country, because it’s harder for us to solve problems and decide how to move ahead when we can’t agree on the facts. It’s also bad for Republican politicians — and they have only themselves to blame.

Led by President Donald Trump, many members of the GOP in recent years have made their case by attacking the underlying facts, making baseless claims and undermining the credibility of independent experts who could contradict them. The result is a party that is increasingly out of touch with voters outside its ideological bubble and unable to come up with good arguments or practical solutions.

Republican voters believe things that aren’t true. That’s a problem for the GOP.

The party can’t make good arguments or put forward solutions unless it’s grounded in reality.

www.ms.now

Not as much of a problem for the GOP as it is for the country.

Clearly, the problem extends beyond those issues. Primary among them being R's reticence in acknowledging who won the 2020 election and whether trump is culpable for trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

The implications being disastrous for self governance due to the difficulty in agreeing on what needs fixing and how to fix it. So long as there is a conservative media cohort reinforcing falsehoods like the three mentioned in the article I hold out little hope of things improving any time soon.

Solar power is the cheapest form of electricity to set up in most parts of the world.

How cheap is solar electricity in Chicago in February? Or today, at midnight?

 

[braalian]

Solar power obviously isn’t the cheapest energy source available, or it would have taken over by now

Maybe the technology will get there some day. Fossil fuels will be replaced by something some day. That’s how technological advancement works. But it isn’t there yet

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Led by President Donald Trump, many members of the GOP in recent years have made their case by attacking the underlying facts, making baseless claims and undermining the credibility of independent experts who could contradict them.

It’s the right’s response to failed, wrongheaded conservative dogma; the fact that Republicans are overwhelmingly wrong on the issues.

When the facts demonstrate how wrong conservatives are, Republicans resort to disinformation, conspiracy theories, and lies.

And it started long before Trump.