MGB:_We have always known that the GOP was a coalition of religious and cultural conservatives (the Ecumencism of Hate) and the financial libertarians who take advantage of the prosperity gospel to pass tax legislation that makes the rich richer and their Republican comrades poorer.
Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn’t, depending on where the Catholic vote goes. Trump convinced Catholic hierarchs that he was the real deal on abortion. They are easy to convince because for decades, every promise has gone unkept. The jury is out on Gorsuch, but the fact that he is reported as razzing Pence for his pro-life views shows that, yet again, the pro-life movement has been had (a question Pew did not address).
As for the racism, given his family history, Trump was not pretending. He really is a gilded Archie Bunker. He is what every working class Republican wants to be. If he says Obamacare is bad for them, they believe him, even if Obamacare is good for them. Not good for congressional leaders who can’t get repeal done.
Trump is a product of the FoxNews transformation of the GOP. If Trump did not exist, they would have had to invent him. The GOP wanted to believe and Trump simply got the job interview questions right. Truth left the GOP long ago. If you want the detail, get and review Bruce Bartlett’s latest book The Truth Matters.
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