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This is an important piece about the resurgent and emboldened far right that is trying to take over "conservatism" and the GOP. These folks are avowed (though rhetorically slippery) white nationalists. They hope to become the future of the GOP. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
I don't think that the majority (or even a significant minority) of GOP voters agree with program advocated by these "groypers." But I do think these social media savvy fascists could get significant numbers of "traditional conservatives" to side with them.
I think that because I've been keeping an eye on what's happening in a few county and state level GOP's...and it's not pretty.
The reason to be concerned is that the GOP has been courting the votes of such people for so long that they're entirely unequipped to deal w/ this hostile takeover from these media-savvy young people. As we saw with Trump, the GOP is ripe for the picking.
The GOP "bench," such as it is, is comprised of "moderates" who think Charlie Kirk and Dinesh D'Souza really know where it's at, and then radicals who think Kirk and D'Souza are liberal sell-outs because they're not racist, sexist, homophobic, or antisemitic enough.
Let's recall that hundreds of thousands of GOP voters across the country have voted for candidates who were open, avowed antisemites if not actual, proud Nazis.
The Washington state GOP has not only white nationalist member of Congress Matt Shea, but also included one of the Charlottesville Nazi rally organizers.
The Oregon GOP had Roger Stone speak at a recent convention, where he then hung out some Proud Boys in the hotel bar after his keynote.
If you're waiting for the GOP to spawn another Bob Dole or John McCain or George W Bush or even Susan Collins, I've got some beachfront property in Kansas to sell you. The future of the GOP is Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, and Kelli Ward...unless some different GOPers step up.
In the “chickens coming home to roost” department, let’s remember that Jr did a friendly interview with a white nationalist radio host in spring of 2016. That host then got VIP tickets to Trump’s inauguration.
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