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Opinion: These Republicans will never do what needs to be done
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President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler greet one another as the president visits Georgia to talk about an infrastructure overhaul at the UPS Hapeville hub at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in Atlanta. The visit focused on a rule change designed to make it easier to process environmental reviews. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Many years ago, there was an insulting phrase often used in describing Democratic Party voters in the southern states as “yellow dog Democrats.” At the time, the Republican Party was not popular in the southern states, and the “yellow dog Democrats” were voters who would vote for a “yellow dog” rather than vote for a Republican.