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EarlG

(23,061 posts)
2. Interesting
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 09:33 AM
Jun 20

Seems to me that MAGA has able to break off quite a few former progressives since 2016 with their appeal to anti-war "America First" policies. Trump ran in 2016 and 2024 accusing Clinton and Biden (and Harris) of being warmongers who were going to get us into foreign entanglements. He said he was going to end the war in Ukraine on day one.

But now the shit is hitting the fan in the Middle East, the GOP may well find out that their party isn't the neo-con party of the early 2000s. Twenty years later, Republican patriotism is no longer defined by the "American empire" PNAC types from the Reagan era, but by the inward-looking nationalism of Trump. They could well see some major blowback from the anti-war portion of their coalition, especially if leeches like Tucker Carlson realize that there's a significant audience to be captured by appealing to those people.

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Yellow cake Johonny Jun 20 #1
Interesting EarlG Jun 20 #2
From the article: Buns_of_Fire Jun 20 #3
How do you "fiercely" love someone? Kid Berwyn Jun 20 #4
Which is exactly why I stopped watching TV news in 2003. Basso8vb Jun 20 #5
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