Admit it. Republicans have broken politics.

Neither party is perfect, but Republicans in Congress have been drifting towards political extremism since long before Trump, and they’re making it impossible for Congress to work the way it’s supposed to.

Over the past few decades, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have moved away from the center. But the Republican Party has moved towards the extreme much more quickly -- a trend that political scientists’ call “asymmetrical polarization.”

That asymmetry poses a major obstacle in American politics. As Republicans have become more ideological, they’ve also become less willing to work with Democrats: filibustering Democratic legislation, refusing to consider Democratic appointees, and even shutting down the government in order to force Democrats to give in to their demands.

Democrats have responded in turn, becoming more obstructionist as Republican demands become more extreme.

And that’s made it really easy for media outlets to blame “both sides” for political gridlock. As political scientists Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein explain in their book “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks,” journalists feel a pressure to remain neutral when covering big political fights. So politics coverage has been dominated by the myth that both parties are equally to blame for the gridlock in DC.

But they’re not. And the only way to stop Republicans in Congress from continuing their drift towards the extreme is to be brutally honest about who’s responsible for breaking our politics.

[aammirati]

Admit it. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

[michaelrahaman]

George Washington about to revive himself and roast the entire country because he said two parties would destroy everything

[emmavrijburg]

a country with a two party system struggles with polarisation?! I am utterly shocked

[hestoncjr.]

I did not come for politics
I came for the comments

[gamermatty]

Politics is just high school with older people

[raphabl]

Scroll back up. Not worth the brain cells down here.

[flmkrp]

Admit it. the Tyrannosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex, often called T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented of these large theropods. Tyrannosaurus lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia.

[jazzzzzz]

Admit USA is terrible when it comes to politics

[ernestwamalwa]

Why is no one talking about the fact that only having two major parties is contributing to the problem?

[csstuff]

Admit it. Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes. Together, we can stop this

[mad]

“Reject political parties
Return to Birthday Parties”
_Pico, 2021_

[Maxim-gjxd]

Admit it. You saw a comment about going to newest comments to see the fight between democrats and republicans

[noahhardwayguitarvids]

Admit it: George Washington was right when he said that there shouldn’t be two political parties.

[kawaiigamer]

Admit it. You came here for the comments.

[awesomeness]

Admit it, you don't own an air fryer

[adityasajith]

I'm from India and this same thing happens in my country also, rather than considering each other adversaries who can work with each other, both decide to blame each other and refuse to work together to solve the problem of the people.

[immad]

Admit it, every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes

[abierose]

The problem with politics is that the parties care more about beating the other party then helping America

[Cookiebrawlstars]

Admit it. There are to many comments saying “admit it”

[FreddieVee]

I am writing this in mid 2024, and things have gotten worse exponentially.