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13 Apr, 5 tweets, 2 min read
I'm late to this fascinating report by @DemCorps - but it remains urgent reporting about the post-Trump GOP. It describes a bitterly divided party: 70% still in thrall to Trump, 30% against him democracycorps.com/republican-par…
@DemCorps Trump's defeat has left his supporters aimless, powerless, pessimistic, and alienated from politics. Real-world consequence: by spring 2009, the anti-Obama Tea Party had already come into being. There's no equivalent movement in 2021 to resist Biden.
@DemCorps Racially resentful pro-Trump Republicans find Biden unthreatening - and accordingly are reacting to Biden's recovery plans with interest and "what's in it for me?" curiosity rather than the fierce rejection with which they met Obama plans in 2009.
@DemCorps Most significantly: Trump's self-pitying message - "they stole the elections" - teaches his supporters despair, hopelessness, and passivity. Trump's dominant presence within the GOP is perversely creating a more permissive environment for Biden's success.
@DemCorps Anyway, read the report yourself here. democracycorps.com/republican-par…

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