America First Caucus" would champion "Anglo-Saxon political traditions"

[Ford]

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger Calls on Party to Expel 'White Supremacy Caucus' Led By Marjorie Taylor Greene

What an idiot is Kinzinger. Or more likely he’s just trolling. The Republican Party is a white supremacy party. It’s built on this since 1968. And it has served the party well, too. Allowing it to elect Reagan, Bush and Trump. To be a Republican is to be a white supremacist. It can’t be denied. MTG is not an aberration. Nor is Trump. They are the future of the party. If you oppose the notions of white supremacy, you need to leave the party; form a different conservative party.

The problem is that with shifting demographics, it can no longer be sold. As more and more Americans become more secular, as whites, as a percentage of people, decline, the electorate shifts away from this mainstay of Republican Party politics. That’s why voter suppression is so important. So is gerrymandering.

I think it's also entirely possible that this was a "trial balloon." They put it out there (or had an outside group do it), see how it plays, and if/when it gets loudly denounced, walk it back and disavow the rhetoric. "That's not who we are" and what not. But they're also watching to see how it plays with the "base." Maybe not through polling (more on that in a moment), but by watching social media...especially the far right platforms. If it does well, they tone down the rhetoric and repackage it...perhaps as a "platform" for the 2022 mid terms. "Democrats are saying we have no plans, well here's our detailed Plan For America!" (that's the same stuff with softer language)


Kinzinger is enjoying his notoriety being the "reasonable" Republican. Greene, Boehbert, Gosar and others are enjoying the notoriety of being the "Q" caucus. Matt Gaetz is enjoying his remaining freedom (zing!), but the party is using them as weather vanes. If the crazy fires up the base, that's where they'll direct their efforts. The demographics have been shifting for awhile now, but all along the GOP has been (Jewish Space) laser-focused on the base. After they lost in 2012, their own "autopsy" said that in order to survive they needed to broaden their appeal and start attracting a younger, more diverse audience. They looked at that and said "nah, we're gonna go with gerrymandering, voter suppression, and stoking anger."

It is worth noting that after the drubbing they got in November (losing not just the White House but the Senate due to a couple red states flipping blue) they didn't even bother to do another autopsy. Self-reflection ain't their strong suit, and they're looking at the numbers inside their own shrinking voter base. I'm looking at a recent Ispos poll that shows 81 percent of Republicans still view Trump favorably, and 55 percent believe that the 2020 election was rigged. Other polls put the latter number in the 60s.

As I've said elsewhere, the GOP is caught between Scylla and Charybdis. The leadership is likely aware that sticking with Trump is a losing proposition. Some of them are likely aware that the post 2012 autopsy is even more true today, but then they look at what the rank and file voter believes (Trump is the savior, the election was stolen, blacks are on the rampage and the browns are flooding across the border to rape and pillage) and can't very well come out and say something different.

 

[Elixir]

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger Calls on Party to Expel 'White Supremacy Caucus' Led By Marjorie Taylor Greene

What an idiot is Kinzinger. Or more likely he’s just trolling. The Republican Party is a white supremacy party. It’s built on this since 1968. And it has served the party well, too. Allowing it to elect Reagan, Bush and Trump. To be a Republican is to be a white supremacist. It can’t be denied. MTG is not an aberration. Nor is Trump. They are the future of the party. If you oppose the notions of white supremacy, you need to leave the party; form a different conservative party.

The problem is that with shifting demographics, it can no longer be sold. As more and more Americans become more secular, as whites, as a percentage of people, decline, the electorate shifts away from this mainstay of Republican Party politics. That’s why voter suppression is so important. So is gerrymandering.

I think it's also entirely possible that this was a "trial balloon." They put it out there (or had an outside group do it), see how it plays, and if/when it gets loudly denounced, walk it back and disavow the rhetoric. "That's not who we are" and what not. But they're also watching to see how it plays with the "base." Maybe not through polling (more on that in a moment), but by watching social media...especially the far right platforms. If it does well, they tone down the rhetoric and repackage it...perhaps as a "platform" for the 2022 mid terms. "Democrats are saying we have no plans, well here's our detailed Plan For America!" (that's the same stuff with softer language)


Kinzinger is enjoying his notoriety being the "reasonable" Republican. Greene, Boehbert, Gosar and others are enjoying the notoriety of being the "Q" caucus. Matt Gaetz is enjoying his remaining freedom (zing!), but the party is using them as weather vanes. If the crazy fires up the base, that's where they'll direct their efforts. The demographics have been shifting for awhile now, but all along the GOP has been (Jewish Space) laser-focused on the base. After they lost in 2012, their own "autopsy" said that in order to survive they needed to broaden their appeal and start attracting a younger, more diverse audience. They looked at that and said "nah, we're gonna go with gerrymandering, voter suppression, and stoking anger."

It is worth noting that after the drubbing they got in November (losing not just the White House but the Senate due to a couple red states flipping blue) they didn't even bother to do another autopsy. Self-reflection ain't their strong suit, and they're looking at the numbers inside their own shrinking voter base. I'm looking at a recent Ispos poll that shows 81 percent of Republicans still view Trump favorably, and 55 percent believe that the 2020 election was rigged. Other polls put the latter number in the 60s.

As I've said elsewhere, the GOP is caught between Scylla and Charybdis. The leadership is likely aware that sticking with Trump is a losing proposition. Some of them are likely aware that the post 2012 autopsy is even more true today, but then they look at what the rank and file voter believes (Trump is the savior, the election was stolen, blacks are on the rampage and the browns are flooding across the border to rape and pillage) and can't very well come out and say something different.

Then I think we should celebrate the Greatness of our Anglo-Saxon Society (ASS).
GOOD TIMES!
And look how white they we are:

 

[jonatha]

Why is the girl in the doorway eating pizza?

 

[Politesse]

Why is the girl in the doorway eating pizza?

Didn't you know that the Romans are a part of Anglo-Saxon culture?

 

[untermensche]

In the US you can become president appealing to white racist hatreds and being against legal abortion.

That is all it takes.

Getting the support of racists of varying degree and those who vote based on the abortion issue and support from no one else.

And you can only win in one party with this strategy.

 

[lpetrich]

Republicans race for distance from 'America First Caucus' | TheHill
Marjorie Taylor Greene on Twitter: "The media continues to lie about a fake story. ..." / Twitter

The media continues to lie about a fake story. They do this all the time to smear people like me and divide the @GOP.
I am one of the proudest members of the @freedomcaucus! I don’t need another caucus & this is an attack on HFC, and we won’t allow the media or anyone else control us or our dedication to our founding principles and our God given freedoms.

And the media won’t divide us at HFC.

Other Republicans should wise up to the media’s tactics before they react and end up looking weak.

This stupid story that the media keeps pushing is also another attack on President Trump’s GREAT #AmericaFirst policies.

And I’ll NEVER stop promoting America First policies because they will save our country!

Thank you President Trump for leading the way!

Let’s go

 

[untermensche]

America First should mean first in infrastructure, first in universal health insurance, first in lowest debt for college students, first in promoting peace.

I doubt that is how she means it.