NEW: The surge in secessionist chatter from the Trumpian right in recent weeks points directly to the strategy to come: obstruction, nullification, and a grinding war of attrition in Washington. politico.com/news/magazine/…
No states are seceding (right now), not least because the Red State/Blue State model is completely outdated. Instead, the surge in secessionist rhetoric points directly to the obstructionism to come.
It's less the Confederacy circa 1861, and more the Tea Party circa 2009.
It's less the Confederacy circa 1861, and more the Tea Party circa 2009.
The thing is: threats of secession, masking obstruction and nullification, work.
They worked in the 1830s, under Jackson. And the Trumpian right is hoping they'll work again.
They worked in the 1830s, under Jackson. And the Trumpian right is hoping they'll work again.
Or look at the obstructionist/nullificationist outlook of the Tea Party, and what that portends under Biden:
'“The Tea Party urge was always more deeply an ethnonationalist reaction... They were never truly concerned about [fiscal responsibility and the debt].”
'“The Tea Party urge was always more deeply an ethnonationalist reaction... They were never truly concerned about [fiscal responsibility and the debt].”
The next step to look for among the coming Trumpian Tea Party: defiance of federal courts.
“Now the GOP faces this dilemma. It can continue to ride this enthusiasm, but do they really want to be identified with nullification of U.S. democracy?”
politico.com/news/magazine/…
“Now the GOP faces this dilemma. It can continue to ride this enthusiasm, but do they really want to be identified with nullification of U.S. democracy?”
politico.com/news/magazine/…
And look for threats of secession to become increasingly central to the new Trumpian Tea Party.
As one researcher told me, "I frankly didn’t expect to be wordsmithing questions about secession." Yet here we are.
As one researcher told me, "I frankly didn’t expect to be wordsmithing questions about secession." Yet here we are.
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