Sarah Posner: Stark, anti-democratic messages aren’t only the centerpiece of Trumpism. They’re the mainstream of the Republican Party.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump await his arrival at a rally at Dayton International Airport in Vandalia, Ohio, on Nov. 7., MSNBC Opinion Columnist
While Donald Trump was unopposed in his last run for the Republican presidential nomination, he is far more likely to face opposition this cycle. Intraparty squabbles will give rise to off-the-record whispers and micro-coverage of internecine disputes. Amid the bloated horse race coverage that accompanies any primary, reporters should be careful before covering Trump’s potential rivals as more “moderate” alternatives.
Sadly, Republican candidates aiming to defeat Trump can’t do so by rejecting extremism. Serious would-be nominees understand that, to win the primary, they must win Trump’s Christian nationalist supporters, and they must do so by motivating voters radicalized to believe they must engage as “spiritual warriors” to save America from the “woke” or “radical” left.
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