National Review's editorial is just the beginning of an avalanche of criticism that Trump will receive once out of office.
GOP elites hated Trump but they were too afraid to oppose him while he had power. This is how conservative media has worked since Bush 41...
GOP elites hated Trump but they were too afraid to oppose him while he had power. This is how conservative media has worked since Bush 41...
Literally without fail since those days, conservative media unfailingly support the top Republican, no matter who it is.
Once he/she loses or retires, then they will actually say what they thought. It's why so few conservative journalists should be on debate shows.
Once he/she loses or retires, then they will actually say what they thought. It's why so few conservative journalists should be on debate shows.
The adulation that Trump received from most right wing sources was the exact same treatment that George W. Bush received when he was in the WH.
Once he left though, suddenly and miraculously, conservative figures somehow figured out he was a terrible president!
Once he left though, suddenly and miraculously, conservative figures somehow figured out he was a terrible president!
You're going to see a lot of this once Trump is evicted on Jan. 20. People will be racing to the microphone to say "Omigosh, Trump was so tricky! I had no idea he was an authoritarian incompetent! But keep listening to my political analysis just the same."
That's why Trump's crybaby tantrums about "fraud" are so important. He has always had a very canny sense for the dirty fight club that is right-wing activism.
Trump knew he wasn't going to win in court, he knew the Secret Service would be overjoyed at the idea of evicting him.
Trump knew he wasn't going to win in court, he knew the Secret Service would be overjoyed at the idea of evicting him.
All the whining and crying is really about distracting grassroots Republicans from realizing that Trump is a historic loser. He "choked like a dog."
But if he can get them thinking about Hugo Chavez voting machines, they won't realize that.
But if he can get them thinking about Hugo Chavez voting machines, they won't realize that.
But like most of the other cynical short-term machinations that other conservative elites have pulled, Trump's rhetoric and actions will have much bigger implications than the short term.
He is confirming far-right fears that democracy is over, that America is dead.
He is confirming far-right fears that democracy is over, that America is dead.
Conservative elites and pundits have been telling devout Christians for decades that being a Christian will become illegal. Some even claim that "forced homosexuality" is inevitable.
Trump is reinforcing all of these despicable lies. It will have very serious results.
Trump is reinforcing all of these despicable lies. It will have very serious results.
The biggest problem in America is that a small minority of Christian supremacists were able to forcibly rule over the vast majority of normal Christians and everyone else.
That rule is coming to an end, but Trump and others are saying that can't be allowed to happen.
That rule is coming to an end, but Trump and others are saying that can't be allowed to happen.
In some ways, Trump out of power will be more dangerous than Trump in power.
His serial failures and obvious lies were so easily exposed while he was president.
There will be much less interest in fact-checking and countering Trump once he's out.
His serial failures and obvious lies were so easily exposed while he was president.
There will be much less interest in fact-checking and countering Trump once he's out.
That's largely because, lamentably, the US press is obsessively focused on "the president said a thing" or "the senator introduced a bill."
Those things matter but oftentimes that's not the biggest story. "Why" a thing happened is usually more important than "what" took place.
Those things matter but oftentimes that's not the biggest story. "Why" a thing happened is usually more important than "what" took place.
If you can't see the trend, you cannot oppose it. If you're too focused on the day's outrage, you'll miss the trouble that's been brewing for decades.
The opposite is true also though. Lots of great things are happening out there and we need to understand that, too.
The opposite is true also though. Lots of great things are happening out there and we need to understand that, too.
I will add one caveat to the thread here to say that while plenty of NR writers went through the process I just described, some of them were willing to call out Trump while he was president.
The talk radio hosts and internet ragers will be where the reversal happens more.
The talk radio hosts and internet ragers will be where the reversal happens more.
PS: Since people will ask me, here is an article from the essential @RightWingWatch recounting how the dean of Liberty University law school believed that Obama would implement "forced homosexuality" rightwingwatch.org/post/mat-stave…
Here's another one, this time from a Christian supremacist who is also a neo-Confederate and former GOP official in Maryland rightwingwatch.org/post/peroutka-…
It's amazing how many people will criticize the first post of a Twitter thread for not making the point of the 10th post. Read the thing! There's a reason I used elipses on the first one.
PPS: Trump's going to finally get more criticism from the right but his "fraud" ruse is severely radicalizing his bitter-ender base. This is one of thousands of examples I could provide: 
One addendum since a lot of ppl are fixating on my mention of National Review in the first tweet. 1) NR parted ways with Jonah Goldberg and David French because their donors and readers thought they were too mean to Trump. 2) Please read this from @conor64 theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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