Katy Tur again tries to say that Trump supporters are the GOP base.

[LiberalFighter]

Bull!!!!

They are the fringe element. More than likely they were not part of regular GOP voters. The GOP base are or were their regular voters.

[Wounded Bear]

1. As long as "regular" repubs pander to trump's base, I'd say I agree with her...

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Yea they are with 2 exceptions.

[claudette]

3. I agree with her

ALL GOPers are magats. Either by action overtly or silent condoning. I despise them all.

[blm]

4. They are now. MAGA, QAnon nuts, White nationalists,

Putinistas, Rapturists, Insurrectionists are the Republican base who support Trump. The billionaires funding these groups are exploiting their ignorance and their violent natures.

[rso]

5. Magats

I tend to agree with her.

[enough]

6. Who else is the GOP base? Look at their chosen candidates and elected officials.

[panader0]

7. Half of the GOP candidates on the ballots this mid term are trumpists and

believers in the big lie.

[frogmarch]

8. I agree with her.

[mcar]

9. She is correct

Trump humpers are the GOP base.

[Orrex]

10. Every Republican is an ignorant racist fuckhead

And they will remain so until they renounce trump and his vile ilk, along with a pledge never to vote for such filth again.

Short of that, fuck every last one of them.

[Hekate]

11. And? She's right.

[ok_cpu]

12. Maybe that was true at some point

But they've been welcomed, encouraged, and enabled by the GOP. The GOP is wholly beholden to them. At every opportunity, the GOP has done what's easy re:MAGA instead of what's right.

The GOP is MAGA. MAGA is the GOP.

[MontanaMama]

13. I'm no Katy Tur fan, but

she's absolutely correct on this. The GOP are MAGAts, Qnuts, racists, misogynists and hate filled lunatics. The whole party is a criminal MAGAt enterprise. They have elected extremists and continue to do so. This isn't going away.

[brush]

14. They are now, and it's been that way for a while now.

[Emile]

15. Katy is spot on!

[gratuitous]

16. I'm inclined to say that by their studied silence, the "regular" GOP is complicit

This is their party, this is their base, this is their aspirational mode. If it wasn't, wouldn't they be trying to marginalize and isolate these nutters?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Four types of GOP

1. Full on tRumpanzees. "He's a manly fighter for christians and our traditions!"

2. Corrupt go-alongs hoping for favours and power. Right Wing Authoritarians and their Followers.

3. Sheeple who don't give a damn as long as tRump is not a commie democrat ("are there any who are not commies?&quot .

4. The smallest group: honourable people who have left the party or been primaried.

[stillcool]

18. In media-land that's all there is

GOP/Trump supporters 24/7.

[Gore1FL]

21. That's seems to be almost all there is in office, too. nt

[stillcool]

27. thank god, not where I live...

hope/pray/ and vote it stays that way.

[Locutusofborg]

19. Trump has a 77% favorable rating among Republicans

in the latest Economist/YouGov poll and 20% unfavorable. That breaks down to 52% very favorable and 25% somewhat favorable.
Only 9% of Republicans polled had a very unfavorable view of Trump.
https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/sp4h6s0adp/econTabReport.pdf#page156

[Gore1FL]

20. MAGA seems pretty mainstream GOP to me.

You have seen The House, the Senate, The SCOTUS, and those planning to run for the 2024 GOP nomination, right?

[jcgoldie]

22. I'm with Katy

The reason they are all scared to cross Trump is because he's what their base wants.

[DURHAM D]

23. Katy is right?

Not sure why you are trying to say the are not.

[zipplewrath]

24. 2 "Bases"

There's the GQPer's that determine primaries. Then there is the group that vote in general elections. The former are the MAGAt crowd and they are determining primaries. In the general election, the "base" is all of those people who will vote for a trained monkey as long as it says R after their name.

[pandr32]

25. Republicans who are not MAGA have had plenty of time to walk away

Many have. This election now has only one reasonable choice. We must defeat MAGAts and fascism.

[kacekwl]

26. I believe she's correct.

The gop all support trump and his wacko members of Congress. Out loud or silently by their votes. None except Cheney and Kinzinger ? .

[GuppyGal]

28. The 'regular' GOP voters have embraced this crap fully.

[JustAnotherGen]

29. Why is it bull?

She's right. There is no fringe.

It's Trump's party now. The GOP is dead.