“A party without a governing theory, higher purpose or moral direction is nothing more than a syndicate that exists only to advance itself. no coherent purpose other than acquisition/maintenance of power” washingtonpost.com/opinions/wake-…
“He did something far easier.
“He looked at the party, saw its fault lines and then offered himself as a pure distillation of accumulated white grievance and anger.”
“He rebranded kindness and compassion as “PC” and elevated division and bigotry as admirable goals - just being politically incorrect.”
“He just normalized resentments simmering in many households. He let a lot of long-suppressed demons out of the box.
“This paranoid element in the party has existed for decades. I assumed those guys had been vanquished. I was wrong.”