Faces of the Republican Party (2022-Present)

Americans have lost confidence in our government. We no longer trust our legislators and the Supreme Court to deal effectively with our country’s problems. Instead, governance has become a series of battles. It’s no longer just political ideology. We are at war over cultural issues while our politicians ignore our basic needs.

Many of Trump’s supporters are highly educated, with degrees from Ivy League colleges. They see their allegiance as a way to maintain power or court influence. Others take part for more ideological reasons, seeing Trump as their insurance that religious and cultural issues will be enshrined or neutralized.

The 2024 presidential election presents us with two very different visions for the future of the United States. This work presents the clash between our history of democratic governance and the threat of authoritarianism. These couldn’t be more diametrically opposed to each other. From the attempt on Donald Trump’s life to Project 2025, we’re living in a world of trauma, violence, and constant confrontation. This work echoes that state of mind. The words I use are factual. The portraits are visceral reactions to these facts. I’m commenting on this point in our history, documenting and interpreting what we’re experiencing.

As someone recently said to me, “Washington, D.C. is the angriest city in which I’ve lived. People come here from all over the country to air their grievances.” How can we trust a party that Alex Patton, a Florida-based Republican consultant and pollster, has characterized as a party that “has become mean and driven by emotion on whom we dislike.” “But,” he says, “that is the driving force in American politics right now.”

But when grievances become hate and divisiveness becomes a goal, we have disconnected from the foundation upon which our founders envisioned this country.

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