A cultural war is overshadowing and swallowing up older class conflicts. Those who used to fight the old class wars, if they’re honest, find themselves on the populist Right.
Contra Rich Lowry, there is loathing in the GOP, but it is a loathing that the base feels for the supposedly more civilized Republican politicians who represent their party.
Trump has not been particularly good in recent years at picking friends and allies but that doesn’t make his dining arrangements as contemptible as Piers Morgan would have us believe.
Nazism and racism are rampant in this land only when Republicans challenge elections that Democrats seem to have won, usually with the help of vote harvesters and a noticeable lack of voter ID.
One might hope the anti-Trump partisans at Fox News would be vetting the witnesses for their side with a bit more care. But that would require professionalism.
While woke Democratic candidates are flooded with hundreds of millions of dollars courtesy of coastal elites, Republicans lack the necessary funding to wage effective campaigns.
One can feel sympathy for this driven crusader even if one rejects her crusade. But we should hold in contempt those “conservatives” who egged her on while sacrificing nothing themselves.