Trump didn’t win in '16, either. Nevertheless, they both became President.
Nonetheless, Republicans are facing increasing demographic challenges
Demographics only matters when the populations are fully enfranchised. And the consistent focus of conservative municipal and state governments has been to disenfranchise as many members of the political opposition as possible. Turns out, you can win a lot of elections if you reduce your local voting population to a meager half of the eligible overall population.
Oklahoma, Arkansas, West Virginia, ,Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas have done a masterful job of caging and corralling their voters such that you really only need 33% of the overall electorate to win in what amounts to a landslide.
Trump was never a Republican
He was always a right-wing crank with an open wallet. What liberals don’t like to realize is how much pull that gets you in both parties. Never even fucking mind all the Epstein / Mafia / Russia shit. The guy was a media darling because he knew whose palms to grease, whether that was Rudy Guiliani or Chuck Schumer. And the fact that he’d had the stink of fascism on him since the mid-80s did nothing to keep politicians from lining up.
That doesn’t make him unique, though. If anything, Trump is a consequence of the burgeoning fascist movement within the Republican Party that lacked an outlet among mealy mouthed centrists like McCain/Graham and empty suits like Romney/Christi. Now that he’s blazed a trail, we’re seeing plenty of politicians follow in his footsteps. Greg Abbot is only the most obvious. Governors and Senators all over the country are getting in on the act.
Hell, NY’s Mayor Adams has been happy enough to play up immigrant hysteria and take swipes at Joe Biden for being soft on crime.
I’d stipulate that regardless of popular support, they remain morally and intellectually pathetic.
Say it to their faces. I certainly didn’t feel safe at the last political rally I passed through. Not when the cops seemed as eager for a pound of flesh as any of the flag waving chuds.
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Trump didn’t win in '16, either. Nevertheless, they both became President.
Demographics only matters when the populations are fully enfranchised. And the consistent focus of conservative municipal and state governments has been to disenfranchise as many members of the political opposition as possible. Turns out, you can win a lot of elections if you reduce your local voting population to a meager half of the eligible overall population.
Oklahoma, Arkansas, West Virginia, ,Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas have done a masterful job of caging and corralling their voters such that you really only need 33% of the overall electorate to win in what amounts to a landslide.
He was always a right-wing crank with an open wallet. What liberals don’t like to realize is how much pull that gets you in both parties. Never even fucking mind all the Epstein / Mafia / Russia shit. The guy was a media darling because he knew whose palms to grease, whether that was Rudy Guiliani or Chuck Schumer. And the fact that he’d had the stink of fascism on him since the mid-80s did nothing to keep politicians from lining up.
That doesn’t make him unique, though. If anything, Trump is a consequence of the burgeoning fascist movement within the Republican Party that lacked an outlet among mealy mouthed centrists like McCain/Graham and empty suits like Romney/Christi. Now that he’s blazed a trail, we’re seeing plenty of politicians follow in his footsteps. Greg Abbot is only the most obvious. Governors and Senators all over the country are getting in on the act.
Hell, NY’s Mayor Adams has been happy enough to play up immigrant hysteria and take swipes at Joe Biden for being soft on crime.
Say it to their faces. I certainly didn’t feel safe at the last political rally I passed through. Not when the cops seemed as eager for a pound of flesh as any of the flag waving chuds.