Yea, independent would be great if Republicans don't vote Republican. You sit there complaining about short sightedness, but are cool with republicans running shyt for however many years, while we figure this independent thing out. We unfortunately don't have time for that. By time we figure it out, republicans will have changed laws, assigned more judges, etc.
Last thing is, that black man you mention has 0 smoke for Republicans. He hangs around Republicans. Uses Republican Talking points. What are we supposed to think?
This doesn't even make sense, especially at the local level and for House elections. If Republicans keep voting for Republicans in a Democratic county while everyone else entertains the option of voting Independent, they are still going to lose. It also overlooks the point that you just seem to intentionally miss or just don't understand - it doesn't matter solely about either of those parties. Both can be terrible choices despite you thinking one is more wicked than the other.
"Republicans running shyt", "by the time we figure it out" - these are ridiculous fear mongering ideas. Now you are trying to paint the picture of Ice "hanging around Republicans", "using Republican talking points". You aren't as far from the Republican racists you denigrate on this forum.
Asking "what are WE supposed to think?" is part of the problem. YOU should figure it out yourself by doing your own thinking. Maybe evaluate your own stance and consider you MIGHT be wrong. That a guy who has been pro-black his entire life hasn't changed at all and this all started because of his stance on the Covid vaccine and the treatment he got from Hollywood and the associated media. A stance that many BLACK people shared when Trump said vaccination would mandatory. Maybe, just maybe, you aren't as smart as you believe if you can only view things as
Us vs Them and are ready to cast out someone who has decades of history that shows he isn't what you now think he is.