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Trump isnt any republican he successfully recreated the reagan coalition. Its really mindboggling, how he took over the party.
by pottersbasilisk 10y ago
Trump isnt any republican he successfully recreated the reagan coalition.
Its really mindboggling, how he took over the party.
- CalChris 10y agoIt is mind boggling that he took over the GOP but take over it he did. And dismissing Trump as not any republican is as No True Scotsman as it gets. In particular, if Republicans wanted him gone, Trump would be gone tomorrow.
- pottersbasilisk 10y agoExcept the fact hes not a normal republican. He ran left of even clinton on some issues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-donald-trump-is-running-to-the-left-of-hillary-clinton/2016/05/09/ebde82da-147c-11e6-8967-7ac733c56f12_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-donald-trump-is-...
- CalChris 10y agoMaybe what you meant to say is that normal Republicans aren't normal Republicans. Or perhaps that this is what normal Republicans actually are. Because any which way, Trump remains popular with these whatever Republicans.
- aswanson 10y agoIts not really mindboggling; voters were looking for an outsider, and aren't really big on nuance. Trump merely took talk radio/Fox News talking points and repeated them to the nomination and WH. He had a free hand to say whatever he felt in the primaries because he had nothing to lose and had his own money behind him; his opponents were career politicians/puppets for the donor class. They were fish in a barrel for him.