QAnon crazies, Christian nationalists. Now it turns out it would be cool if those people formed a party with chapters in every state and an ex-president as their leader, because then the Republicans would be sooo fucked? I guess I'll never really understand the fascist threat.
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Fascists are a bigger threat if they are the plurality of one of the two biggest parties. If the right splits, that makes a fascism less likely. That's good not just for Dems but for left: divide your enemies if possible.
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You're saying if the gun-toting crazies get totally locked out of power they're less of a threat — notwithstanding the national organization they now have at their disposal.
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I think gun toting crazies are most dangerous when they have allies running the state. Anything that makes it less likely for their allies to run the state is welcome.
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So, as a hypothetical scenario, you would rather have a full-blown fascist party with a national presence, but with Democrats controlling all the levers of power (for now), than have, say, Nikki Haley as president, from a party with a fascist faction?
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You think the Republicans, if the Trumpists remain a plurality in the party, will be running a Nikki Haley anytime soon?
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Yes. I don't know who they will nominate but I think Nikki Haley is as good a bet as any.
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Replying to @SethAckerman @HeerJeet and
Frankly this idea (wish? hope?) that the GOP is going to be Trump's party in 2024 is ludicrous..... There is so much désir de Trump on the left
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i mean it’s based on polling...it’s not just “the left being silly”
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Well no, the latest poll has only 40% of Republicans saying they'd vote for Trump in 2024, down 10 point since Nov — and the number can only go down further the longer he goes without his presidential aura https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/trump-2024-poll-458256 …
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Could go down or it could, like Joe Biden, go up. We don't know. And to be clear, danger is not just Trump but Trumpist or hard-right faction. That's not going away anywhere.
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