"“'t is a ghastly reality that the only job left that Donald Trump could get in this country is president of the United States.' [quoting Tom Nichols on yesterday's podcast]
And yet, his grip on the GOP seems stronger than ever."
1) You and guests have observed more than once that the Republican Party's problem isn't the current and aspiri…
"“'t is a ghastly reality that the only job left that Donald Trump could get in this country is president of the United States.' [quoting Tom Nichols on yesterday's podcast]
And yet, his grip on the GOP seems stronger than ever."
1) You and guests have observed more than once that the Republican Party's problem isn't the current and aspiring elected officials and their enablers, it's the voters. It would be immensely helpful for you to investigate what is going on for that 35% or more or voters who continue to support Trump. The investigation needs to go much deeper than the familiar refrains about the bubble of the not-conservative-but-reactionary media ecosystem (e.g., why do they so devotedly KEEP listening?), about Trump's continuing self-portrayal of victimhood (does his loving audience feel he identifies with THEIR victimhood?), about Trump's "normalizing" of racist/antisemitic/anti-disabled people/anti-heroes-like-John-McCain in, as David French recently pointed out, an atmosphere combining rage and joy; at least some of them know Jack Smith isn't really "deranged" and Biden isn't really the head of a "crime family" and so on, but why do they need so much to hear those things said out loud in public? They are our fellow citizens and all of us need to work together on our country's serious challenges. How can we do that if we don't understand why they're saying what they're saying? Thank you.
"“'t is a ghastly reality that the only job left that Donald Trump could get in this country is president of the United States.' [quoting Tom Nichols on yesterday's podcast]
And yet, his grip on the GOP seems stronger than ever."
1) You and guests have observed more than once that the Republican Party's problem isn't the current and aspiring elected officials and their enablers, it's the voters. It would be immensely helpful for you to investigate what is going on for that 35% or more or voters who continue to support Trump. The investigation needs to go much deeper than the familiar refrains about the bubble of the not-conservative-but-reactionary media ecosystem (e.g., why do they so devotedly KEEP listening?), about Trump's continuing self-portrayal of victimhood (does his loving audience feel he identifies with THEIR victimhood?), about Trump's "normalizing" of racist/antisemitic/anti-disabled people/anti-heroes-like-John-McCain in, as David French recently pointed out, an atmosphere combining rage and joy; at least some of them know Jack Smith isn't really "deranged" and Biden isn't really the head of a "crime family" and so on, but why do they need so much to hear those things said out loud in public? They are our fellow citizens and all of us need to work together on our country's serious challenges. How can we do that if we don't understand why they're saying what they're saying? Thank you.