As GOP sticks with Trump, grassroots energy on the right has gone missing

[DonViejo]

April 13, 2021, 9:05 AM EDT

By Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

WASHINGTON — Tax Day 2009 was the start of the Tea Party protests against Barack Obama’s agenda. But as we approach April 15, 2021 — even with the tax-filing deadline extended to May 17 — it’s become noticeable just how quiet the conservative grassroots have been during President Biden’s first three months in office.

Part of it is due to the fact that Biden has never been the lightning rod for the right that Obama, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and even AOC are.

But another part is the 2020 defeated candidate who decided to stick around: Donald Trump.

In the 21st century, we’ve seen grassroots political movements — whether real, AstroTurf, or activated by cable news — replace defeated presidential candidates and unpopular presidents. (With the previous leadership either politically discredited by the results or voluntarily leaving day-to-day politics, new players rush to fill the vacuum and voters look for signals as to what they should be doing next and how their party can rebrand.)

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[yellowcanine]

1. The fact that they had to give Trump a cheesy trophy says volumes, imo.

As if he is on some junior soccer team and gets a participation trophy. Fine for kids who need their self esteem upheld but for an elderly man? Pathetic loser.