Originally posted by: PJ Stroh
The George Will and Steve Schmidt Republicans very much want to alienate themselves from the Confederate Alt-Right. And good for them.
Here's the problem.....there isn't a big demographic of people that support the non-racist agenda of the Republican party. Trickle down economics and tax policy dont benefit any kind of voting majority. Republicans dont win elections with their economic platform - they win them with abortion, guns, and racism.
The reason why the Republicans show such solidarity behind the awful Trump is that they don't want to admit to themselves that they committed a stupid, evil, and traitorous act in voting for him. Think about it. They say to themselves, "Gee, I never should have voted for that awful wad of phlegm." Then they say, "Wait, doesn't that mean I'm at best, a gullible moron?"
That is a moment of introspection that most people don't have the courage to undergo. So instead, they jam on their MAGA hats, climb into their pickup trucks, and roar off to a Trump hate rally, running over a few Mexicans on the way. Then they cheer themselves hoarse as Trump spews another incoherent rant. Everybody around them reinforces that behavior. Much more fun than admitting the truth!
So I don't see much of a splinter group shearing off from the Republican party. It seems to me like the vast majority of them are all in. Stupidity reinforces stupidity.