Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. In the case of Trump and other anti-democratic leaders around the world, Uscinski and Enders contend that: anti-establishment sentiments are an important ingredient of support for populist leaders, conspiratorial beliefs, and political violence. In 2016, Donald Trump recruited voters with the highest levels of animosity toward African Americans, assembling a “schadenfreude” electorate - voters who take pleasure in making the opposition suffer - that continues to dominate the Republican Party, even in the aftermath of the Trump presidency. With all his histrionics and theatrics, Trump brought the dark side of American politics to the fore: the alienated, the distrustful, voters willing to sacrifice democracy for a return to white hegemony. The segregationist segment of the electorate has been a permanent fixture of American politics, shifting between the two major parties.įor more than two decades, scholars and analysts have written about the growing partisan antipathy and polarization that have turned America into two warring camps, politically speaking. President Trump has capitalized on this unhappiness, as well as the insecurity of whites about changes in demographics and status, to point the finger of blame: at everyone but the system of. How can you tell if you’re part of the cult of Trump These are some telltale signs.) You believe that Trump and Trump alone can be trusted. It’s not just that you reject the fake news of the mainstream media. It’s not just that you see through the lies of the left. With its Republican presidential town hall on Wednesday, CNN failed journalism, the American public, and its own employees by deciding to invite an arsonist who has spent the. Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on April 27, 2023. Lilliana Mason, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins, makes the case via Twitter that Trump has “served as a lightning rod for lots of regular people who hold white Christian supremacist beliefs.” The solidification of their control over the Republican Party “makes it seem like a partisan issue. It’s that you believe Trump and no one else.
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