The Republican Party claims to represent working-class families, blaming Democratic Party elites and migrant workers for inflation, low wages, and any other problem facing workers. Especially since Trump, the Republican Party stokes racist fears of immigrants more brazenly than the Democrats. While the Democrats say voting for them will solve everything, the Republicans sow divisions in the population, pitting workers against each other using racism, sexism, and hatred against LGBTQ+ people and others.
Recently Trump and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance have doubled down on their dangerous and debunked claims that legal immigrants, who have played by the capitalists’ rules, are eating people’s pets in Ohio. This is only inciting further violence against immigrants in many communities. Meanwhile, Republican governors are shipping immigrants to other states for political theater, and deporting thousands of immigrants fleeing political violence and environmental crises that the U.S. government and the ruling class have helped create.
The Republicans have also packed the Supreme Court and lower courts to wage an unrelenting war against reproductive health care. By overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has ended federal protection of abortion and birth control and allowed state legislatures to cancel abortion access in nearly half the country, putting thousands of pregnant people’s lives at risk. Many courts and state legislatures have banned gender-affirming care for youths in 26 states, and passed hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws across the country.
The Republicans lead the charge to defund our libraries and schools, diverting public funds to religious private schools, banning books, censoring curricula, and firing teachers who teach about the history of racism in the U.S., LGBTQ+ identity, and other issues.
Republicans plan to use Project 2025 — a 922-page right-wing policy proposal — with plans to strengthen the power of the presidency, pass a federal abortion ban, further erode labor rights, and more. Trump has continued to say he won’t accept the election results if he loses. Republicans have organized to kick thousands of Black people off the voter roles in swing states like Georgia and Pennsylvania, and have strategically placed people in election posts with the power to block the certification of election results. They are preparing to contest the election and use the courts to try to put Trump in office to carry out their agenda.
The problem is deeper than Trump. The Republicans have continued their attacks on workers without Trump in office. By playing on people’s anger and fears, they try to misdirect workers into attacking each other instead of the ruling class. Republicans, like the Democrats, will never represent the interests of working people — they only serve the rich capitalist elite, who profit off our hard work and misery.
