Republican lawmakers may toe the party line in public, but in private, some reportedly fear retribution if they break with President Donald Trump — including some who are "scared s---less about death threats and Gestapo-like stuff."Vanity Fair published an eyebrow-raising report Wednesday that Repub...
This is why you don’t radicalize people. The less Trumpy members of the GOP had ample opportunity to speak up and make a change.
In the short term, you get a dedicated, cult-like following. In the longer term, nothing functions – even the stuff you want to function. Deradicalization takes a lot of time and resources, if you can even get that far.
I sincerely wonder what happens when Trump no longer exists. He is no spring chicken. Are all of these shortsighted politicians just going to bow to Don Jr. when the time comes? Because that’s what they have set themselves up for by being either stupid or spineless.
This is why you don’t radicalize people. The less Trumpy members of the GOP had ample opportunity to speak up and make a change.
In the short term, you get a dedicated, cult-like following. In the longer term, nothing functions – even the stuff you want to function. Deradicalization takes a lot of time and resources, if you can even get that far.
I sincerely wonder what happens when Trump no longer exists. He is no spring chicken. Are all of these shortsighted politicians just going to bow to Don Jr. when the time comes? Because that’s what they have set themselves up for by being either stupid or spineless.