Trump backers don't like Jeff Sessions for obvious reasons. But now, some mainstream conservatives are upset w/ him over family separations & blocking criminal justice reform. As I noted on CNN today, Sessions risks becoming a man without a constituency.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gc4uos1MD8&feature=youtu.be …
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Replying to @mattklewis
... how are you distinguishing between “trump backers” and “mainstream conservatives”? Trump got elected by, presumably, his backers. The “mainstream conservatives” are mainstream why?
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Replying to @eScarry
It's really hard to appropriately label things in the Trump era. I mean, I don't think Grassley is a "Never Trumper." And the moderate vs. conservative dichotomy doesn't work--nor does the outsider vs. establishment framing. What would you recommend as terminology?
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Replying to @mattklewis
That’s true, old labels don’t really apply when in context of trump, other than still GOP and Dem. I would say “some conservatives” still oppose trump (or other elements of his admin) but I can’t think of any reason they’re more mainstream than Trump’s full supporters.
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In this case, I was talking about Sessions. And IMHO, Sessions’ brand of populist/nationalist conservatism isn’t mainstream—certainly not in terms of his former GOP colleagues in the Senate.
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