I could almost stomach all this racism and bigotry if their ringleader wasn’t such a dipshit.
One problem is that the Trump-hijacked GOP (and some of their adherents) believe he has made white supremacy a legitimate American aspiration.
For the followers, he's a Pied Piper. For the party, he's still apparently viewed as someone who can keep a certain segment of the electorate in tow and get them to show up at the polls.
The biggest problem, however, is that Trump's not unique (despite his view of himself). There are and will be plenty potential successor white supremacist "leaders" in the wings, now that he has made that outlook "respectable" enough for the likes of Stephen Miller to have served in the White House itself as policy makers.
The wannabe successors to Donald Trump are younger, with better political savvy and electoral credentials, and far less Trumpian baggage (like his out-of-control narcissism, dubious finances, inability to focus or take direction on party goals etc).
We can't safely assume the country and constitution are out of the danger zone just because Trump was defeated in 2020, and just because his and the GOP's attempt to overturn Biden's election failed.
That much has become clear from some of the draconian voter suppression laws going up in some state legislatures now, just to see if they'll pass muster in a Supreme Court and federal judiciary that Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have attempted to reshape to their liking for the next 30 or 40 years.
Biden can do and has already done much to restore some balance on federal bench picks, but the high court has become a serious threat to American inclusivity... and the hyperpartisan litmus tests for "confirmable" SCOTUS picks didn't start with the ascension of Donald Trump to the White House, either. It's a reflection of intentionally divisive tactics used by both major parties over the past 50 years, and those tactics have created an American house that's not only divided but on most days seems hell bent solely on "winning".
The media pick up on that and exacerbate it by focusing on the horse race rather than on policy, on the controversy between parties rather than on questions of "what does the USA need to do next?" and as a result ordinary citizens are all the poorer (and more ignorant) even while business as usual goes on in Washington DC and the state capitols all over the country.
We're never going to get back to making progress in the USA unless we call out the media for being led around by hyperpartisanship and a focus on "so much winning" in the halls of Congress and those provincial capitol buildings. Where they are led, so we all end up going: down the tubes, one ad-click and eyeball capture at a time.
In the meanwhile, white supremacists figure to make hay on what Donald Trump brought to the table: their legitimacy. THAT is what American media, American politicians, American citizens need to put sunlight on, not let fester while the air is filled with ignorant outrage over "teaching CRT".
