Republicans proceed to reside in a Trump fantasy land the place elections that they misplaced, they suppose they gained, as they supported a candidate in Iowa who faces 91 felony counts and tried to overthrow the federal government.
The Iowa Caucus was over earlier than Trump supporters arrived on the victory get together:
The Iowa caucus was known as so rapidly that Donald Trump’s supporters had not but arrived at his marketing campaign watch get together pic.twitter.com/GgigqSdRWa
— Stephanie Murray (@stephanie_murr) January 16, 2024
The caucus end result was introduced so rapidly that cable information networks are attempting to spin the race for second place between DeSantis and Haley as a newsworthy occasion that viewers ought to maintain watching:
It’s sort of unhappy watching cable information attempt to spin the Iowa caucus right into a newsworthy occasion. pic.twitter.com/YT7EbANv7r
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 16, 2024
Iowa is an instance of the form of rural, white, purple state voters which might be the spine of Trump’s help within the Republican Social gathering. Iowa is now not a bellwether that predicts something. As a substitute, it’s a case examine in how far off the rails the Republican Social gathering has gone.
CNN reported on some entrance polling numbers from Iowa:
Roughly half determine themselves as a part of the MAGA motion, referring to the “Make America Nice Once more” slogan popularized by former President Donald Trump in 2016.
And about two-thirds say they don’t imagine that Biden’s victory over Trump 4 years in the past was legit. There is no such thing as a proof of widespread voter fraud within the 2020 election.
Few GOP caucusgoers specific considerations concerning the prison expenses Trump presently faces. Roughly 6 in 10 say that they’d think about Trump match for the presidency if he had been to be convicted of a criminal offense.
The Republican Social gathering is in full denial of actuality. They’re a celebration in disarray that as a substitute of why they maintain dropping elections, the GOP has retreated from actuality and itself round Trump who just like the wizard backstage within the Wizard of Oz presents an phantasm that he tries to promote as actuality.
The 2 US political events should not on equal footing. President Joe Biden is setting fundraising associated data whereas Trump is burning by means of his marketing campaign money to pay for his authorized protection.
Republicans are a large number and the message to voters popping out of Iowa needs to be vote for Republicans at your personal peril.
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Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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