“Trumpism has cost the GOP in three consecutive elections,” writes MollyJongFast. “And yet it looks like the Republican base may continue to follow their basest ideological urges and stick with their guy in the next contest.”
But what’s the base saying? Thirty-eight percent of CNN respondents said they consider America’s “increasing racial, ethnic, and national diversity” to be a threat. More than half of the respondents want a candidate who would “support government action to oppose ‘woke’ values,” while a whopping “78% majority of Republican-aligned Americans” said that “society’s values on sexual orientation and gender identity are changing for the worse.
, can fix everything. With Trump and DeSantis both trekking to Iowa within the past week, it’s clear the Republican primary season is upon us, with a mere 600 or so days until November 5, 2024. Republican contenders find themselves in an awkward position: How do they win Trump’s base without actually being the 76-year-old reality-television host, or how do they out-
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