SuperMatt
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Trump has completely taken over the Republican Party. Check out this information from FiveThirtyEight:
In my opinion, they have veered farther and farther away from their principles over time and become the party of obstruction and grievance. Owning the libs and sticking it to the man is not effective once you actually have power though. So once Trump took power, there were no principles since the party had already abandoned them. If the party is just a cult of personality now, what will happen next?
- A new HuffPost/YouGov survey suggests that Trump now dominates the Republican Party he leads. Among Republicans who voted for Trump in 2016, 49 percent considered themselves more Trump backers than GOP backers, while 19 percent said they were more supporters of the GOP than they were supporters of Trump. Another 28 percent said they were supporters of both. And if there were a conflict between Trump and congressional Republicans, 61 percent said they’d be more likely to support Trump, compared with just 13 percent who would be predisposed to back Republicans on Capitol Hill instead.
In my opinion, they have veered farther and farther away from their principles over time and become the party of obstruction and grievance. Owning the libs and sticking it to the man is not effective once you actually have power though. So once Trump took power, there were no principles since the party had already abandoned them. If the party is just a cult of personality now, what will happen next?