Scorched earth continues for Individual-1, as the daily outrages continue in the last 500+ days of the Trump regime.
Teri Kanefield considers the GOP endgame of Trump’s increased emphasis on extremism and projecting blame onto Democrats.
Think of it as his continued appropriation of the snake poem metaphor recently referred in a rally as a reason why the audience had no choice but to vote for him.
There is talk (in Texas!) of Texas turning blue.
Hurd’s decision to quit sent shock waves through the Texas GOP.
Nate Silver says Trump’s trade wars will cost him in the general election.
This is no surprise. The Dems won in the midterms by 8 percentage points. Matching that in 2020 would be a bloodbath. The numbers are now worse for the GOP.
Trump’s strategy is cynical and dangerous—but smart (in an evil genius sort of way).
Frank Figliuzzi observed that it’s clear Trump will make the 2020 election about racism, xenophobia, and hate, thereby increasing the white supremacist violence. He suggested that the GOP should put a stop to Trump’s dangerous behavior.
(That thump was the sound of me falling out of my chair. Seriously? Who thinks that can or will happen?)
Reading the Twitter feed of GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel or listening to the Congressional GOP in the Mueller hearings should disabuse anyone of the notion that the GOP can—or will—rein Trump in. The true conservatives and moderates—Max Boot, Jennifer Rubin, Bill Kristol and many others—have left the GOP.
What remains used to be the fringe.
The remaining GOP are full-on authoritarian. (For how the GOP transitioned to an authoritarian party, click here.)
The GOP is desperate. They can see that their base is shrinking. Their demographics is aging. They can read the polls.
So for the GOP this isn’t politics as usual. Losing the election doesn’t mean temporary loss of power.
Losing the election—given the changing demographics of the nation—will be the end of them as a mainstream political party.
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