Tag: Republican Party

For a nation founded on massacres of Native Americans and centuries-long African slave ownership, the lurch towards racism under Trump is not surprising.

[W]ashington has not solved the underlying problems; it has only rescheduled the next tension.

While Trump is a powerful force within the Republican Party, his polarising presence is creating substantial challenges for the party in appealing to a broad enough coalition to secure consistent, nationwide victories beyond his core base.

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.

[P]eople didn’t care about what Trump said and what he threatened.

[M]amdani’s success could offer the [Democrats] a sense of direction.

When millions of once-loyal supporters become disillusioned with a party, there can only be one result: electoral disaster.

[Trump] controls the Republican Party like no one as ever before.

[M]usk’s bold and globally resonant political move has understandably unsettled many within the Republican establishment, chief among them, Trump.

Ultimately, there is the question of the political message.