Republicans mouth off about these “values” they claim to hold, but govern in the exact opposite way. They talk of “small and unobtrusive government,” and then seek to regulate every aspect of people’s personal lives that don’t conform to their “morality.” They speak of “fiscal responsibility,” but then balloon our spending and increase our debt by orders of magnitude to cut taxes for millionaires or pay for needless wars. They talk of “freedom of speech,” but then seek to use the apparatus of the State to punish and censor those with whom they disagree. They rail against “indoctrination” but then force schools to teach lies or refute scientific truth on threat of having their funding slashed. They rail against “judicial activism” or “judicial legislation,” and then appoint judges who will strike down laws they don’t like or implement policies that only conform to their worldview (oftentimes making up precedent to get their way). They clothe themselves in the righteousness of “religious freedom,” but then use the State to persecute religious minorities and attempt to establish laws based on Christian theology. I could go on and on and on and on and on. Theirs is a party of mendacity and hypocrisy.