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One could, but studies have shown this partisan extremism was really rooted in the need for a subgroup to get as much representation as they could:

Basically turning the republican party into a pod party

You’ll have to provide more evidence to support the extreme statement that the “Republican party is a pod party” than a 2014 article in Politico.

Also, what is a pod party? I’d be delighted to meet a pod party member, bless their pea-picking hearts. I’m guessing we have differing definitions...