The landscape is changing. In the past, the GOP’s MO was to grovel, utter never ending apologies, curl up in a ball and hope the Left didn’t kick it *too* hard. For a textbook case, see George Allen, who apologized ~a million times for saying maccaca, and who lost anyway.
Now you have the New Right, which is the opposite. As soon as the Left accuses one of theirs of something, they embrace it and start meming it. They are confident, focused, aggressive and motivated. The MSM cannot intimidate them. They dubbed Gianforte The Montana Mangler, and posted multiple wrestling memes featuring him. They refused to allow the MSM to control the narrative, and they won.
Some in the New Right are very committed to God. Some aren’t. What they have in common is the Happy Warrior spirit. The Left/MSM wants to intimidate and vilify them and theirs, the way they did with George Allen. The New Right says, ‘Bring it.’
Very astute post.