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Maybe, but the old GOP is fighting tooth and nail to oust the Trump base from the party. And while Trump may have had the presidency, it looks like most of the
by yonaguska 3y ago
Maybe, but the old GOP is fighting tooth and nail to oust the Trump base from the party. And while Trump may have had the presidency, it looks like most of the GOP was simply paying lipservice to his base until they got rid of him. Imo- the verdict is still out on whether it's easier done internally or externally. The DNC is not making the same mistake with RFK jr- they've just done a complete media blackout of him and pushed him to run independent instead.
- lazide 3y agoHe won the presidency, and still has a clear hold on the party. How is that ‘paying lipservice’?
- yonaguska 3y agoThe republican majority during the first two years of his presidency stalled on enacting any of his policy- and now they are much more vocally opposed to Trump- as if they always hadn't been. He's a populist candidate- but he's not at all popular with the actual politicians, who are currently the actual infrastructure of the party. His hold on the party is tenuous at best- mostly because the people that oppose him when it comes to voting will still happily campaign with him and win based on his supporters. The recent soft blacklisting of Trump support from Fox is also going to take out a chunk of his base that will continue to vote for the color red.
- lazide 3y agoThat’s literally what everyone does within their party to pretty much anyone. He’s still the defacto face of the GOP, no matter how much they want to change it. As tenuous as it may be, it’s stronger than anyone else’s!