This would be a really good moment for conservatives to have a national leader who can speak with credibility & empathy about our national heritage - the proud parts & the ugly legacies - defend the best of America & call us away from a time of malice to all, charity to none.
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The result of having...well, the opposite of that is that we will inevitably lose ground in the culture that we would not have lost with a different leader.
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Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Robert Boucher Jr
The point is not for the Left to listen. The point is that most of the country isn't the Left & needs to hear a defense of why they should stand up to the mob. Trump isn't the problem here, but he makes the solution harder.https://twitter.com/BostonSportsHb/status/1274362217182507008 …
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Too much of the populist Right seems to think you can fight something with nothing; that it's enough to just say "no." But you can't. To compete with the Left, you need a narrative of your own, grounded in truth, that withstands scrutiny & attracts the uncommitted.
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Ronald Reagan was an incredibly optimistic, friendly and upbeat guy, and the Left/Media treated him very similarly to how they treat Trump. The problem wasn't Reagan.
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But Reagan reached over their heads in a way that Trump cannot.
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