Jimmy Higgins
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Look at Desantis. Florida had higher rates of Covid deaths, he openly covered it up... and he tricked migrants in Texas into flying to Massachusetts. He is comfortably up in the polls. The alt-right is growing and the conservatives won't not vote for the "Republican".This movement will likely grow without Trump.
The sentiment of the populist "movement" will grow without Trump. But will it translate to the electability of other, not so charismatic or popular, populists? I doubt it.
Just to be clear, you never would have said that about Trump in 2015 or 2016. This movement is rudderless, leaderless, and being propelled by a shared hate of anything that isn't nationalistic bravado or love for whatever the latest alt-right oracles have spoken (see "CRT"). I'm pretty certain we've already lost our Democracy. It just has to run its course at this point. Trump just fell into this. He isn't controlling it, he is taking advantage of it. And that still might get himself killed.If you cut the head off this snake, the snake will live. But it will likely writhe about pointlessly until some other "head" takes charge and directs it where, how and when to strike. Whoever that may be, I strongly doubt that they will whip up the fervent, unified excitement of conservatives, mobsters, racists, idiots and the insecure/easily terrified, driving them all to the polls en masse as Trump did in the 2016 aberration.
This "we're not going to take it anymore" movement really gained steam in 2012, when they wanted anyone but Romney.