Christ, What's Next -- Death Camps?

After Mitt Romney was crushed in the 2012 General Election, the Republican Party issued an autopsy report which proposed certain fixes for the GOP.  Here is an excerpt from that report, released in 2013:

"If Hispanic Americans hear that the GOP doesn’t want them in the United States, they won’t pay attention to our next sentence. It doesn’t matter what we say about education, jobs or the economy; if Hispanics think that we do not want them here, they will close their ears to our policies. In essence, Hispanic voters tell us our Party’s position on immigration has become a litmus test, measuring whether we are meeting them with a welcome mat or a closed door."

Wow, what a difference a couple years makes. Here is what Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner [!!!], is saying now about illegal immigration:

Trump’s plan, which is detailed on his website, calls for construction of a wall along the Mexican border, vowing to “make Mexico pay” for it; an end to birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants; the defunding of sanctuary cities; the strengthening of immigration enforcement; and more. In an interview on NBC News, Trump added that he would rescind President Obama’s executive actions shielding millions from deportation, and deport all illegal immigrants: “They have to go.”

If you think Trump is the only one in the GOP race saying shit like this, then you'd be wrong. Scott Walker now supports mass deportation as well, as do other Republican presidential candidates.

Look, I know I'm on the record saying that the GOP's days as a national party are numbered, but even I find these latest developments astounding. The Republican Party's relationship with Hispanic voters was bad enough prior to Trump's ascendancy -- radicalized elements within the GOP basically prevented the passage of the bipartisan immigration reform bill, and the GOP is now actively trying to thwart President Obama's attempt to fix the system on his own.

But Donald Trump has taken Republican hatred for Hispanics to a whole new level, and there is no way this can end well for the GOP.  I guess now I know why the 2013 report on the Republican Party's health was called an "autopsy" -- the folks who wrote the report could read the writing on the wall.