![Chomsky: Republicans Are Willing to Destroy Democracy to Retake Power Chomsky: Republicans Are Willing to Destroy Democracy to Retake Power](https://realnews.today/media/2021_0616-gop-elephant-earth-d-1200x744-1-310x168.jpg)
Today’s Republican Party is an extremist force that no longer qualifies as a mainstream political party and is surely not interested in participating in “normal” politics. In fact, today’s GOP is so wrapped around extreme and irrational beliefs that even Europe’s far-right parties and movements, including Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, seem conventional in comparison.