My problem with Trump is that same as in 2020. Even being in election fraud, I still expected him to become the elder statement of the party moving forward. But instead, he kept the same combative personality, the same name calling, the same alienating of the middle voter that cost the 2020 election. MAGA, as a brand, has become toxic. It even feels divisive to me.
He is still a force for fixing the country, a lion, an indomitable figure, but he still doesn’t have the middle voter. Instead of unifying the party in the past 3 years, grooming a successor, replacing the RNC leadership, we are where we are today.
To coin an old expression, Republicans don’t know whether to sh*t or go blind.
They want to be the good guys.
They want the high moral ground.
They want to appear fair and balanced
They want to appear somewhat conservative.
Unfortunately, the people trying to turn the U.S. into a socialist state are street fighters, with no morals, and fairness is an anathema to them. Socialist have to win.
Republicans would have never pulled down the Berlin wall as President Reagan did. Never ushered in the end of the USSR like Reagan did. They don’t have the stomach for it. They will take the victory as long as they don’t have to get their hands dirty.
Along comes non-politician Donald Trump who turns their world upside down. He’s of the same mold as Reagan. A brawler, foul mouthed, no fair and balanced. He wins, but he’s too much for the establishment Republicans to take. He needs to go and not come back. Hence the support for this round of impeachment. Being in Congress is not such a bad life as the losing party. They can live with that. That’s why Socialist win.
My hats off to the fine bunch of Conservatives in Congress who are left to pick up the pieces and go for a win the the future. Emulate Reagan and Trump, not Romney and McCain.