Much of @HawleyMO CPAC speech self-advertised his suffering for the pro-Trump cause. Big mistake. For the pro-Trump movement, victimhood is not an end in itself. For them, their victimhood is a justification for abusing others. They don't want martyrs. They want righteous bullies
@HawleyMO Trumpism is not a system of ideas. It's simple bully worship, the kind you saw in schoolyards. Nobody in pro-Trump world cares about any of @HawleyMO half-cooked policy ideas. They only care about Big Tech to the extent that Big Tech is getting in the way of their bullying fun.
@HawleyMO And just as a schoolyard bully will one day target this kid, and the next day target that one - and the third day target the most sycophantic suck-up in his entourage ... so Trump can and will take almost any position on almost any issue, and the pro-Trump movement will follow.
@HawleyMO You want to position yourself as Trump's successor? Don't waste time taking about issues. Show yourself the next meanest bully. Belittle people near Trump to show that the outgoing monster can't protect them from you. Trigger their blood lust, and prove you can satisfy it.
@HawleyMO Make a cruel "joke" about Don Jr. dating a woman older than himself
Make another about Ted Cruz's COVID weight gain being the real reason he hurried home from Cancun.
Mock the idea of a "second gentleman." Mock mask-wearing.
Then wait for Trump to be indicted, and you're it.
Make another about Ted Cruz's COVID weight gain being the real reason he hurried home from Cancun.
Mock the idea of a "second gentleman." Mock mask-wearing.
Then wait for Trump to be indicted, and you're it.
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