The Gaetz-Greene Traveling Freak Show Is the Future of the GOP

[BlueWavePsych]

The last time an “America First” MAGA rally was held in Georgia, Republicans lost two U.S. Senate seats, and America lost what might end up being around $6 trillion. The Matt Gaetz-Marjorie Taylor Greene show on Thursday night probably won’t cost us as much. Just some time with our family—and our dignity.

What I’m saying is that, over time, Trump is in danger of having what happened to Sarah Palin happen to him. At one point, Palin was the only game in town. She was the hot commodity. But once she left her position as governor of Alaska, she became irrelevant. It took a couple of years, but a generation of younger, more relevant, imitators supplanted her. Now, Trump is a better marketer than Palin and he was, after all, the president. Still, you can see why he has to at least feign a 2024 run—and why he has already announced he will be doing more of his own rallies.

In a more healthy Republican Party, Gaetz would be drummed out of power because of his indiscretions, and Greene would never get within a mile of Capitol Hill. Trump helped create the circumstances where they would flourish. Even if he is ultimately replaced, he has succeeded in creating a generation of Republicans who share his penchant for self-promotion, his preference for populist politics, and, well, his family values.

The Matt Gaetz-Marjorie Taylor Greene event was one-third tent revival, one-third rock concert, and one-third circus—and it was all a freak show. This is all to say it was a rollicking success in today’s Republican Party. Expect other MAGA types to start replicating this idea. The devil(s) went down to Georgia.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-matt-gaetz-and-marjorie-taylor-greene-traveling-freak-show-is-the-future-of-the-gop



Hmmm, the 'new Sarah Palins'

[PortTack]

1. Sickening!!

[onethatcares]

2. no policy, no actual thinking

just bullshit without end.

[Brother Buzz]

3. I'm with the other short fingered vulgarian on this

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

[Johonny]

4. Imagine if the gain power

These are people with no policies, no interest in governance, they're a traveling reality show. It's all about getting attention for themselves. What happens when America needs leaders, though. The country will be doomed.

[spanone]

5. They are trash, garbage.

shitstains.

[snowybirdie]

6. Since the former guy

isn't holding rally these days, these two cretins are filling in for him.

[Paladin]

7. What's this "Future" shit?

This is the present-day, right-this-moment status of the GOP. And it's only going to get worse, before there's any chance of it getting better.

[Ilsa]

8. Maybe she'll set up a travelling prison show when

Gaetz is incarcerated and Margery Traitor Gangreene is unemployed.