Mr. Douthat points to the ‘promises’ that supposedly drew voters to Trump: ‘to bring back jobs lost to China and build new highways, to protect Social Security while ending illegal immigration…’Tell me, which of those ‘promises’ did the Trump administration keep? The answer is NONE.  Same answer for the promised ‘millions and millions of jobs,’ ‘bring back beautiful clean coal,’ ‘beautiful healthcare plan that costs less and covers everybody…’ You name it, it did not happen.Biden has delivered over 10 million jobs, nearly 400,000 a month over the past 12 months; unemployment is 3.5% — lowest since 1969 — and many have returned to the workforce to ease the labor shortage. Major Biden-sponsored legislation is bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.; expanding access to healthcare; restoring and modernizing infrastructure. Yet all we hear from the Trump camp is more nonsense about ‘American Carnage’ and ‘the failed economy.’So what accounts for Trump’s cult-like following? Why did thousands of white ‘conservatives’ engage in hand to hand combat at the Capitol to keep him in the White House after he lost the election by over 7 million votes?Let’s get real. It’s anger, resentment, xenophobia, racism, venality, and in many instances plain old antisocial, sociopathic violence.Running that pathetic fool Herschel Walker for Senate and using Byron Donalds as a placeholder doesn’t cover the stench of violent white nationalism and xenophobia that blankets the GOP in 2023.

Mr. Douthat points to the ‘promises’ that supposedly drew voters to Trump: ‘to bring back jobs lost to China and build new highways, to protect Social Security while ending illegal immigration…’Tell me, which of those ‘promises’ did the Trump administration keep? The answer is NONE.  Same answer for the promised ‘millions and millions of jobs,’ ‘bring back beautiful clean coal,’ ‘beautiful healthcare plan that costs less and covers everybody…’ You name it, it did not happen.Biden has delivered over 10 million jobs, nearly 400,000 a month over the past 12 months; unemployment is 3.5% — lowest since 1969 — and many have returned to the workforce to ease the labor shortage. Major Biden-sponsored legislation is bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.; expanding access to healthcare; restoring and modernizing infrastructure. Yet all we hear from the Trump camp is more nonsense about ‘American Carnage’ and ‘the failed economy.’So what accounts for Trump’s cult-like following? Why did thousands of white ‘conservatives’ engage in hand to hand combat at the Capitol to keep him in the White House after he lost the election by over 7 million votes?Let’s get real. It’s anger, resentment, xenophobia, racism, venality, and in many instances plain old antisocial, sociopathic violence.Running that pathetic fool Herschel Walker for Senate and using Byron Donalds as a placeholder doesn’t cover the stench of violent white nationalism and xenophobia that blankets the GOP in 2023.

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