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Has nobody brought up the Marjorie Taylor Greene thing? I guess I'll jump on that grenade.
After break with Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign
In some respects, it seems like the current GOP coalition is beginning to fracture. Up until recently, MTG was a high profile face in the MAGA movement. The fact that she is bowing out seems to represent something of a sea change in DC politics.
Both parties seem to be having problems, and to me, at least, it's fascinating that the problems seem to have a lot of overlap. In no particular order, both the DNC and GOP seem to be having a lot of internal problems with the following:
In some respects, it almost feels like a realignment might be creeping up on us. Is anyone else getting a similar feeling? Are there any alternatives that fit current events better?
I think Trump is holding the Republican coalition together. I do think that a lot of the recent obsession (Dreher etc) with the “groypers” is somewhat overdone - which isn’t to say they aren’t a major force - but there are divisions. There was a lot of triumphalism on the right this year, some of it overestimates the hatred for the entire left platform, which was more about the total cavalcade of woke stuff than every individual point. A lot of the particular rightist beliefs taken for granted even on regular trad (not dissident right) twitter are not hugely popular or widespread among many groups who vote Republican. Violent crime rates are also falling in many places, and suddenly rising crime rates from 2020-2023 was a very real and powerful driver of Republican gain in vote share among all demographics.
somewhat?! it’s social relevance is completely made up controlled opposition. It’s exactly like Qanon. I never met a single person on the right who subscribed to it, yet somehow from the left and media it was everywhere. The groyper scare is a completely astroturfed attempt to police and taboo/discredit certain opinions on the right
I've met both. Neither of them were people who had any chance of being popular but they exist.
Yes, of course they exist. What I said is made up is the 'social relevance'.
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Qanon was very real in my area. Local town square had weird little protests for a few months with people waving qanon slogans.
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At a certain point, republicans embracing(fully embracing) gibs and machine politics is inevitable. These policies lose because they're tied to the losing side of 80-20 issues about the police, race, gender, etc. But we're past the point when republicans will inevitably embrace handouts and try to win over political machines. They're already starting on the process and this stuff is just too popular when you've already lost a huge chunk of the donor class.
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