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1) The idea that Trump's base possesses a kind of limitless power, reach and depth that still remains untapped is a central feature of Trump's propagandistic depiction of his own political invulnerability. This notion is central to the Cult of Trump.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/06/what-gop-spin-about-last-nights-losses-says-about-trumps-weakness/ …
2) Everybody rightly mocked RNC chair Ronna McDaniel for her Baghdad Bob spin of the Kentucky loss. But, in claiming Trump swung the polls by 17 points (LOL) by activating the base, McDaniel was speaking directly to that cult-like set of beliefs.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/06/what-gop-spin-about-last-nights-losses-says-about-trumps-weakness/ …
3) The thing is that Trump *actually does* believe he can win only by activating the base. He puts this into practice every day. The idea that he needs swing voters is itself an admission of a kind of weakness -- that Trump's America has limits.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/06/what-gop-spin-about-last-nights-losses-says-about-trumps-weakness/ …
4) Trump and his liars have built up a big story about America around these ideas. The anti-Trump opposition is a shriveled minority gripped by anti-Trump hatred. You see this in that dumb "impeach this" map, and in attacks on the "party of the Squad."https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/06/what-gop-spin-about-last-nights-losses-says-about-trumps-weakness/ …
5) But the real story is complicated. Anti-Trump anger is continuing to energize the Dem base, but at the same time, Dem candidates are talking to the middle about issues that unite Dems and independents. Trump/GOP hostility to Obamacare helps w/that: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/06/what-gop-spin-about-last-nights-losses-says-about-trumps-weakness/ …pic.twitter.com/1SmKlWHNlM
6) Anyway, results like last night's, which show Dems continuing to make major gains in the suburbs, crash down (like a blue wave?) on the notion that Trump sits atop a vast, untapped rural/exurban white base that renders him invulnerable. New piece:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/06/what-gop-spin-about-last-nights-losses-says-about-trumps-weakness/ …
Also...it's the number one topic of the media for the past 3+ years, "but his base..."
Number 2 topic: "Dems are worse actually, and here's why ... "
This needs to be on a t-shirt. Excellent point!
They all love him until they don’t. Seen it all before. Trump will barely be mentioned by the GOP in the coming years. George W Bush can tell you all about becoming a ghost.
In the future, the Trump era will be considered one of the most embarrassing in US history. And many GOPers will claim they didnt support him
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