Folks, it’s not about a straight line from any past Republican president to Trump. I grew up in a staunch Republican household, but there were many around us who couldn’t give 2 $hits about politics. Trump tapped in very deeply with those voters, despite the fact it was clearly a grift. Marks don’t typically know they’re being conned.…
Folks, it’s not about a straight line from any past Republican president to Trump. I grew up in a staunch Republican household, but there were many around us who couldn’t give 2 $hits about politics. Trump tapped in very deeply with those voters, despite the fact it was clearly a grift. Marks don’t typically know they’re being conned. Those traditional Republican voters would crawl across broken glass to vote for the next Reagan, the MAGAs would not. You see the predicament Republicans are in? I’ve heard every excuse in the book for why my Reagan Republican family will continue to vote straight ticket Republican. Yes, I blame them. Yes, I see them as very complicit for the mess we’re in. Yes, they’ve accused me of being a liberal, but I’m not sure that word means what they think it means. If just one third of the traditional Republicans refused to vote for an election denier than maybe a dozen of the 200 or so election deniers running for office would win. Sadly, almost all 200 may win.
I haven’t disowned my parents, although our soggy relationship started way before Trump came along. More to do with $hitty parenting than politics, but we’re on fine terms. What percentage of Bulwark + listeners have white collar parents? 75%? I hope we’re spending way more time convincing Nana and Papa that Republicans are a danger to our country than we are MAGAPatriot46 on Twitter. He or she isn’t budging. Don’t tell me how hard it is to convince your family, because your opinion matters to them. Your opinion means absolutely zero to MAGAPatriot46.
Folks, it’s not about a straight line from any past Republican president to Trump. I grew up in a staunch Republican household, but there were many around us who couldn’t give 2 $hits about politics. Trump tapped in very deeply with those voters, despite the fact it was clearly a grift. Marks don’t typically know they’re being conned. Those traditional Republican voters would crawl across broken glass to vote for the next Reagan, the MAGAs would not. You see the predicament Republicans are in? I’ve heard every excuse in the book for why my Reagan Republican family will continue to vote straight ticket Republican. Yes, I blame them. Yes, I see them as very complicit for the mess we’re in. Yes, they’ve accused me of being a liberal, but I’m not sure that word means what they think it means. If just one third of the traditional Republicans refused to vote for an election denier than maybe a dozen of the 200 or so election deniers running for office would win. Sadly, almost all 200 may win.
I haven’t disowned my parents, although our soggy relationship started way before Trump came along. More to do with $hitty parenting than politics, but we’re on fine terms. What percentage of Bulwark + listeners have white collar parents? 75%? I hope we’re spending way more time convincing Nana and Papa that Republicans are a danger to our country than we are MAGAPatriot46 on Twitter. He or she isn’t budging. Don’t tell me how hard it is to convince your family, because your opinion matters to them. Your opinion means absolutely zero to MAGAPatriot46.