A little thread about Trump and the GOP moving forward

The right is currently divided into two factions:
-Traditional Republicans (TR)
-Trumpists

Trump lost because some TRs rejected him

The GA Senate race was lost because some Trumpists rejected the GOP

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It's similar to 2016 when the Bernie bros didn't show up for Hillary

What did Dems do? They embraced progressivism and wokeness and got the leftists onboard

So the question is what does the GOP do about Trump?

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Trump generated a lot of votes from groups that have never embraced the GOP

Trump was also incredibly popular among Republicans during his presidency

A lot of Traditional Republicans came to like Trump because he gave them policies they liked and stood up to the left

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Those on the right calling for Trump's head need to keep in mind that while Trump is fairly toxic at the moment, Trumpism resonates with a lot of people

If they reject Trump, I'm not really sure what their path forward is

Want to go back to Romney-ism? Or Paul Ryan-ism?

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Also, keep in mind that Trump won't back down

If the GOP goes at him, he will go to war with the party and will succeed in primary-ing alot of traditional Republicans

His core is very loyal and will stand with him

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And let's do a little whataboutism: The left still hasn't apologized for inciting the BLM riots...nope, they just keep doubling down

And to my knowledge, every single person on the right has condemned the storming of the Capital

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While Trump shares in the responsibility for Jan 6th, how about MSM take some blame for ignoring concerns about voter fraud on the right?

Maybe if they'd done their jobs and debunked the main questions about election integrity, people might still have confidence in the system

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Ultimately, I see no benefit to Republicans trying to cut him loose

It will be seen as legitimizing the criticisms of the left and the actions of big tech

It would be political suicide for the GOP

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But if Republicans stick with Trump then how do you resolve the division between Traditional Republicans and Trumpists?

Find common ground: the progressive left which now controls all of our major institutions:
-Political
-Cultural
-Educational
-Big Business/Tech

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More from Trump

This is mostly right but strikes me as it needing said that I don't think the left or the intelligentsia have the slightest idea how low institutional trust in anything coming from a left mouthpiece is now. Except in-network, the best heuristic is "the opposite of what they said"


If you look at the situation from a predictive models perspective instead of the more rigorous and appropriate (under normal circumstances) "prove your case or gtfo" perspective, trusting the opposite of whatever the left side says has an AMAZING track record, as we know it.

Literally, the best heuristic most people have right now, in terms of how often it gets things right versus *completely* wrong, is "whatever CNN, the NYT, public health officials, and the Democrats said... yeah, the opposite." That is, they're wrong WAY outside of statistics.

They're also not just wrong. They're *completely* wrong, backwards, often transparently covering something up that they don't want known or refuse to believe. This isn't just a legitimation crisis because there's a heuristic: whatever the official left narrative is, is wrong.

There are a few reasons why such a heuristic would be more predictive than not. One of those is conspiracy, and another is mass hysteria with ideological capture. We know at least one of those is happening and have rather strong evidence both are. That makes conspiracy reasonable

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