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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

We thought the same thing with Bush and the reublicans in his day, and then the Tea party happened. We thought it again with the Tea Party. Then Trump happened. I think the tiki torch guys from Charlottesville are more likely to take over the party than to slink back into the shadows.

Republican politicians aren't leading their base into the crazy, they are holding the crazy back from the rest of us.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Uhhh. No. They think the crazies are useful idiots so they platform them and use them to get more power. Then they only disavow if it becomes politically expedient to do so.

    So, not "holding back" so much as "actively garnering support for until it isn't valuable to do so any more"

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