This was an excellent essay from The Establishment Bar Blogspot.
The Man Who Broke Them
Posted by T.LaFauci
March 31, 2025
The Republican Party died on November 4th, 2008.
On that night, a man overcame four centuries of our country’s history; a history designed to ensure that someone like him never achieved what he was about to achieve. Strike one: this man’s father was a Black African immigrant. Strike two: this man’s mother was White and forced to raise him as a single mother. Strike three: this man was biracial, with the Black half of his identity now tied to four centuries of struggle. Strike four: this man attended primary school internationally, an experience traditionally reserved for those of a certain income level. Strike five: this man attended an elite Ivy League university, one whose admissions were only opened to him through progressive policies designed to open doors to historically underrepresented populations. And strike six: this man entered politics, a profession that had throughout its history been an old boys’ club and one where your family name, bank account, and personal connections determined your success or lack thereof.
When the “skinny kid with a funny name” overcame all six of these strikes to become president, the Republican Party blew a gasket. For two hundred and thirty years, the conservative party in this country had done everything in its power to keep people like Barack Obama from reaching the pinnacle. From our nation’s founding document that made slaves 3/5 of a person up through the Civil Rights movement, conservatives had actively opposed any and all legislation designed to level the playing field. In the wake of the Civil War when slavery was outlawed, conservatives quickly enacted Jim Crow laws to prevent Black ascension. Blacks struggled to own property and were eventually redlined out of various communities. Blacks were denied the right to vote and faced intimidation and violence for those who dared try. The education of Black children was inherently unequal, something that took the nation until 1954 to finally address. The 13th Amendment may have freed the slaves but Black men and women were never truly free in America.
Then came Barack Hussein Obama.
And for the first time, conservative America saw someone in the Oval Office who did not look like them. Who didn’t have their same life experience. Who could be equally comfortable hosting foreign dignitaries and championship sports teams. Here was someone who, along with the First Lady, was opening the White House to thousands of Black children to experience art and culture in a way that had never been done before. Tan suit and all, Barack Obama was now the most powerful man in the world. He was the Time person of the year. He won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a political rock star with the kind of excitement that hadn’t been seen since JFK. With 60 Democrats and independent votes in the Senate and a House majority, Barack Obama was poised to be a transformative president in a way that would forever change how Americans viewed people of color in leadership positions.
Republicans understood all of this. They understood that a successful Barack Obama would undermine their entire existence. After all, the country’s conservative platform throughout its history was predicated on the status quo. They were against women’s suffrage. They were against civil rights. They were against LGBTQ equality. Having a Black man elected president was a massive step forward for Democrats and one that threatened conservative dogma. If Barack Obama could overcome so much, so too could others. Barack Obama was a trailblazer, and his presidency would set the stage for those who would follow. If somehow he were to be unsuccessful, that would set back future leaders of color from ascending to that same position. Republicans had a clear choice: work with Barack Obama to help everyday Americans or work against him to try and rebuild their power.
I will always contend that it was President Obama’s RE-ELECTION that broke the GOP.
Never forget: Willard received the same percentage of the White vote in 2012 that Trump did in 2016.
Obama’s crime wasn’t being Black.
His true crime was Black and Excellent.
THAT is what broke them.
SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) (@NewBlackMan) posted at 10:17 PM on Tue, Apr 08, 2025:
Never-before-seen scrapbooks tell the story of Pearl Bailey’s life from North Philadelphia to Hollywood
When Hollywood relegated Black women to subservient roles, Bailey regaled in sparkles and furs
https://t.co/e8ZThFG1L4
(https://x.com/NewBlackMan/status/1909807775829442664?s=02)
Pop Base (@PopBase) posted at 9:19 AM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
Mattel unveils LeBron James Barbie-Ken doll.
LeBron becomes Barbie’s first ever ‘Kenbassador.’ https://t.co/xwwDT58gyz
(https://x.com/PopBase/status/1909974449689936018?s=02)
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 3:51 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
Trump: “We have plenty of law firms. These are great law firms that we signed with. And I think part of the way I’ll spend of the money we’re getting from the law firms in terms of their legal time will be using these great law firms to represent us with regard to the many… https://t.co/FqwnhqUvQT
(https://x.com/atrupar/status/1910073226073374988?s=02)
Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) posted at 3:29 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
New DOJ policy shared to me bars agency funds from being spent on American Bar Association events and effectively severs relationship with the association
(https://x.com/EoinHiggins_/status/1910067577432457686?s=02)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 0:45 PM on Tue, Apr 08, 2025:
The American Library Association has filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin over “the gutting of the Institute of Museum and Library Services” and are asking for the agency to be reinstated.
(https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1909663815236469137?t=6jc1COVnqiMNCS3vhhDx9A&s=03)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 11:45 AM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
Federal judges in both New York and Texas just temporarily blocked the deportations of certain Venezuelan migrants facing removal under the Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.
(https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1910011102437527801?t=rwQDd85ADCusCXsdq50BDA&s=03)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 3:40 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
New on @MSNBC: The White House will not release the list of 75 countries that have reached out on trade deals, despite requests from NBC News.
(https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1910070249438785622?t=zFPeqpZYdFsLoejETJvV5w&s=03)
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 4:05 PM on Tue, Apr 08, 2025:
Tariffs go into effect in 7 hours. The ‘art of the deal’ means we pay more for every damn thing. Congrats to the 77M who elected him and those who couldn’t bother to vote for the Black Indian Lady cause she wasn’t Black or Progressive enough 🙄
(https://x.com/tify330/status/1909714193550549038?t=orAfjRl2AjFMFxjcnpNTkQ&s=03)
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 0:39 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
Trump caved..he just lowered our 401k’s for show. I would like to my get entire 23k I lost in the last 7 days back by next week. https://t.co/HFU4weuiE6
(https://x.com/tify330/status/1910024902276493380?t=NNFL8yh062_cbT2QgCviog&s=03)
Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 3:46 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
Cause not one deal was reached. It’s market manipulation at it’s finest.
(https://x.com/tify330/status/1910071857883074862?t=rXcQpuNSPAs6l0fTiPVWRA&s=03)
Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 4:35 PM on Fri, Apr 04, 2025:
Trump inherited the strongest economy in the world, and in 10 weeks, he single-handedly destroyed it.
Now you know how he bankrupted a casino.
*checks notes*
Four casinos.
(https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1908272273444003911?t=boRsiI7g0LEyuECLrHp1JQ&s=03)
A. Cult
Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 6:03 PM on Fri, Apr 04, 2025:
MAGA 2024: “I CAN’T AFFORD EGGS, BRO!! INFLATION IS OUT OF CONTROL!! THE ECONOMY IS A DISASTER!!”
MAGA 2025: “Losing money means nothing…”
(https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1908294484141760900?t=4Ep-momC-SkSOFwhdpvr3w&s=03)
Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 3:37 PM on Sat, Apr 05, 2025:
Even white folks from Alabama are out protesting Trump… I’ve never seen any shit like this in my life. 🤣
(https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1908619980595458171?t=qcpFwujyORQY2Cbx-gyCjw&s=03)
Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 2:12 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
Not a single deal was made, not a single factory was brought back, and there was no increase in US exports.
Trump is obviously weak and broken. He caved because he couldn’t win.
(https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1910048261446201762?t=y9lsosuKicS1rMBIJ5n6Kw&s=03)
Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 1:19 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
There was no deal. He created a completely artificial problem by imposing tariffs to tank the market, then he removed his own tariffs so that his corrupt friends and family could make money.
(https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1910034826964656324?t=yB66p7-FFvAUnvjOFtlrDQ&s=03)
Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) posted at 0:58 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
All China has to do is wait him out, he will eventually cave on the rest.
(https://x.com/acnewsitics/status/1910029541264752950?t=1WK70B9t8LHiYkR871TZHA&s=03)
About 44
unaffiliated followers of the new democrats (@reesetheone1) posted at 7:53 PM on Sun, Mar 16, 2025:
After dealing with this and watching white voters do this to him in 2010 and 14 with Latinos and Asians not helping black voters either time, he owes no one ANYTHING. https://t.co/YBuFXz3BOK
(https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1901436641744416987?t=fwWREal7ZI8jop8qWbph_Q&s=03)
This is China
unaffiliated followers of the new democrats (@reesetheone1) posted at 0:35 PM on Tue, Apr 08, 2025:
They hold 800 billion of our Debt.
They have the fucking DECK.
(https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1909661313938473095?t=6SYW2HnBE0AM4QwnCR_deQ&s=03)
unaffiliated followers of the new democrats (@reesetheone1) posted at 4:16 PM on Wed, Apr 09, 2025:
She’s running for VP.
No woman is likely to win the 28 primary, and I include Harris and even Michelle Obama if she ran.
Dems are nit gonna nominate a woman again after losing in 16 and 24.
Folks need to grieve Harris loss and move on.
(https://x.com/reesetheone1/status/1910079429067350083?t=lnI2VFNieK-WxlSgSkd9_g&s=03)
Good Morning Everyone 😊😊😊
My President!