The Republican Party Has a Split-Personality Problem

The New York Times ^ | July 20, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET | David French

[E. Pluribus Unum]

There is a paradox at the heart of Donald Trump’s campaign, a potentially irreconcilable divide that could damage his potential new presidency right from the start.

The people who would make Trump president want different things from him, and those differences present political perils for Trump and also make it difficult to predict the contours of his second term. It could be just as extreme as millions of Americans rightly fear or it could be more moderate — with the deciding factor being Trump’s own sense of self-interest and personal grievance. And when Trump’s emotions ultimately dictate policy, it’s fair for Americans to be concerned about worst-case outcomes.

As we have all learned, Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters have become deeply radicalized, convinced that the nation is on the verge of extinction, in need of revolution. Even worse, they feel personally persecuted by a “uniparty” or “regime” that supposedly despises them and rejects their values. They want disruptive change, and if violence is necessary, so be it. As the president of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, put it recently, our country is “in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

The Heritage Foundation is arguably America’s most powerful and influential right-wing think tank, and Roberts said those words on “War Room,” the podcast hosted by a former Trump adviser, Stephen K. Bannon. Bannon, however, didn’t host the interview. He’d reported to prison the day before to serve a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. Before he entered the prison, he hosted a circuslike news conference that featured a who’s who of MAGA cranks and ideologues.

Bannon sounded the same themes as Roberts. “Victory or death,” he declared. “We either win or we’re going to have the death...”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The New York Times is a specious news source. Every word it publishes is either a lie or projection. Article presented for entertainment purposes only.

PS - The butthurt is epic with this one.

[j.havenfarm]

Eat it, media aholes. Im not counting any chickens, but if we keep pushing we’re going to crush these bastards up and down the ballot

[Magic Fingers]

“As we have all learned, Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters have become deeply radicalized, convinced that the nation is on the verge of extinction, in need of revolution.”

Suuuuure, Slimes...retreating from rabid Marxism is a “revolution”.

[Responsibility2nd]

The Slimes and the WSJ ar trying to pretend the GOP is split and divided.

The Trump-Vance Divide
Wall Street Journal ^ | July 18, 2024 | Kimberley A. Strassel

Posted on 7/20/2024, 9:56:50 AM by karpov

[Sarah Barracuda]

I think this punk needs to look at his own party, who tried to assassinate their political rival. Trump has never called Biden, Adolf Hitler, that comes from the left

[Governor Dinwiddie]

New York Times "concern troll".

[Paladin2]

Somehow N. H. still has the State motto of “Live Free or Die” and continues to display it on the State licence plates.

[Mark]

If The Rag Of Record says so, it must be true.(/S)

[laconic]

David French is a National Review lackey who hates Trump and the people who support him. He is like Adam Kinzinger and the Cheney’s who are convenient “Republicans” who can be relied on by the fetid leftist “press” to appear all so concerned about what is supposedly happening to the party.

[Robert357]

The way they frame the question shows their extreme bias.

“.... It could be just as extreme as millions of Americans rightly fear ....”

Do they talk about Biden’s corruption? Do they talk about Democrats weaponizing the FBI and Justice Department to go after parents concerned about school boars.....or people exercising their right to protest outside of an abortion clinic.....or voting to allow illegal aliens to vote in a presidential election.....or countless other things? Nope.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Let’s remember when Obama ran as a “blank slate” ... nobody had a clue what they had “bought”.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

So the NYT says there are different and conflicting interests amongst Repubicans who support Trump.

What they fail to mention is the Democrat advantage that comes with all members being communists dedicated to overthrowing the Constitution? They are definitely more unified than Republicans if that is the case.

[Indy Pendance]

They bought the idea of a black guy.

[Hattie]

Pure unadulterated garbage. The left is so jealous and full of angry hate this is all they can make up.

[ComputerGuy]

I feel their pain!
Love it!

[Secret Agent Man]

Leadership is Uniparty

Thats the problem

[Carry_Okie]

This is about the fifth time in the last two days I've seen the left yak about 'a divided Republican Party.'

I take it tomorrow it'll be a "rift."

Can one really project stupidity?

[Gena Bukin]

The Heritage Foundation is arguably America’s most powerful and influential right-wing think tank

And this has nothing to do with Donald Trump.

Trump is not listening to the Heritage Foundation. He will not empower them. Most certainly, he will not allow the Heritage Foundation to dictate policy.

I realize the Heritage Foundation is a convenient boogyman for the Left (Project 2025 might as well be libtard fan fiction) but the GOP today is Trump's party. He is in control and he's not going to let anyone tell him what to do.

[ohioman]

David French is nothing but a communist propagandist. It is good to see how the enemy thinks and French is definitely one of many enemies to freedom.

[Fledermaus]

David French is an asswipe, NRO type.

Thus scumbag lives 20 miles south of me.

I’d love to run into him.