The problem with Carpenter's specific tweet is that it frames something very specific, defaulting on the national debt, as a conservative thing. Does this not seem extremely odd to you? Because the purpose of the original tweet was 'Cheney et all dislike trump, but at 100% happy to help McConnell/McCarthy et all tank the economy thus mak…
The problem with Carpenter's specific tweet is that it frames something very specific, defaulting on the national debt, as a conservative thing. Does this not seem extremely odd to you? Because the purpose of the original tweet was 'Cheney et all dislike trump, but at 100% happy to help McConnell/McCarthy et all tank the economy thus making it easier for Trump to rise again.'
Look, we can debate about how many things you need to do in order to really join the democrats. You know what is thing #1 though? Not helping the people who are trying to bring him back to power!
We can debate spending levels. Voting for tax decreases, exploding the national debt, and then being like 'you know there's a democrat in charge, guess we should default and destroy the economy' is hardly a 'conservative' position. If you believe it is, then it's very clear why 'conservatism' got eaten by Trumpism so easily.
The problem with Carpenter's specific tweet is that it frames something very specific, defaulting on the national debt, as a conservative thing. Does this not seem extremely odd to you? Because the purpose of the original tweet was 'Cheney et all dislike trump, but at 100% happy to help McConnell/McCarthy et all tank the economy thus making it easier for Trump to rise again.'
Look, we can debate about how many things you need to do in order to really join the democrats. You know what is thing #1 though? Not helping the people who are trying to bring him back to power!
We can debate spending levels. Voting for tax decreases, exploding the national debt, and then being like 'you know there's a democrat in charge, guess we should default and destroy the economy' is hardly a 'conservative' position. If you believe it is, then it's very clear why 'conservatism' got eaten by Trumpism so easily.