@stucam7771 asks why the GOP insists on Kavanaugh, despite credible allegations of sexual assault.
🙋♀️🙋♀️I have an explanation for why Trump is digging in.
He WANTS this to be a cultural war.
Trump never moved to the center. After his “Mexico . . they’re rapists” speech—he shocked everyone (even more) by doubling down.
washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/w…
Doubling down on whatever shocks liberals has been Trump’s strategy ever since.
Because he wants his hardcore base fired up.
Imagine how ecstatic the neo-Nazis / KKK are now to have a candidate of their own in the White House.
They’ll follow him to the ends of the earth! They’ll help spread his lies!
Many are victims of top notch propaganda. Others don’t understand what Trump stands for. Some aren't paying attention.
But the more liberals dislike Kavanaugh, the more Trump will want to dig in.
Actually, worse: The Court of Fox Opinion.
Trump doesn’t WANT those voters, because if he woos liberals, he’ll lose the part of his base that hates liberals.
Remember: they think liberals are the enemy.
“But he doesn’t have anywhere near majority support!” you say.
He doesn’t need a majority. He’s already in the White House.
Certainly K's views are part of it—but not all. He's not the only judge with these views.
Moreover, Trump believes the only tribunal he will face is in the Senate.
And senate trials are held mostly in the Court of Public Opinion—a fight Trump is ready for with his well-oiled media loop.
They fall in line.
They can be dangerous.
In the past, authoritarians were spread out over both parties. Now they're all in the GOP. (What do I mean? See👇)
Don't get too alarmed by the comparison: Germany was an imperial government until 1918, so democratic institutions weren't firmly rooted.
Will he win? Nah.
Our institutions firmly rooted. And there are way more of us.
But doubling down is Trump’s smartest move.