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Why the Republican Party Isnt Moving On from Trump
August 16, 2023 at 3:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 116 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2023/08/16/why-the-republican-party-isnt-moving-on-from-trump/
"SNIP........
Seth Masket: The folks who run the party now are the populist grassroots outside DC. They decide who gets nominated for office and who doesnt. They dont see this as a temporary madness; they see this as the movement that put them in charge and actually cares about the things they care about. They dont see any need to snap out of it; that concept doesnt make sense to them.
Indeed, calling for them to snap out of it is essentially asking them to give power back to the previous faction that never took them seriously in the first place. Why would they want to do that? Theyre in charge, and as far as theyre concerned theyre winning.
So no, theyre not going to abandon the guy who put them in power. Not even if hes convicted, not even if hes in prison. And yes, that means the country has a potentially awful election year coming up, in which the nations official institutions have deemed one partys leader guilty and sentenced him and the nearly half the country considers those institutions illegitimate. It is a toxic, tragic, and potentially violent cocktail.
.........SNIP"
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Brainfodder
(7,781 posts)How many more worried about it posts until I get a free TFG NFT?
applegrove
(132,207 posts)in the GOP wants to 'slit the throats' of elite bureaucrats and he thinks that is a good metaphor because he said it out loud. Plus the GOP is running on fascism. Three terrifying things.
Brainfodder
(7,781 posts)The media boss hogs still want TFG to look viable for ratings?
Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)dlk
(13,247 posts)Given the nature of Republicans, in general, why would they willingly give that up?