Filed Under: “Republican base”
Charlie Kirk audience member asking ‘when do we get to use the guns’ shows where GOP rhetoric leads
By Matthew Boedy
Decades of Republican rhetoric about ‘tyranny’ and ‘revolution’ have taught GOP voters that violence is not just tolerable, it is necessary
Right-wing groups training activists to take over school boards as part of ‘critical race theory’ campaign strategy
By Peter Montgomery
Wealthy Republican-affiliated groups are raising money to “train” candidates to run for office as the GOP seeks a second Tea Party movement
Many Republicans don’t want to get vaccinated, journalists shouldn’t avoid saying this
By Mark Sumner
Refusing to name source of vaccine hesitancy doesn’t make reporting non-partisan, it makes it wrong
National journalists are still afraid to tell the truth about GOP extremism
By Eric Boehlert
Republicans across the country are actively embracing authoritarianism but conventional journalists are acting as if it’s all Trump’s doing
Charlie Kirk wants to save America in the name of Republican Jesus
By Matthew Boedy
After pushing a secular, libertarian-oriented worldview, the Turning Point USA founder has decided to get in on the God business
Have Trump Republicans lost their grip on reality, or are they just lying to pollsters?
By Matthew Sheffield
Surveys keep finding that GOP respondents believe falsehoods, but what if they’re just lying in support of the party?
Nikki Haley and the GOP’s leadership vacuum
By booman
No one on the right is willing to stand up to Donald Trump because they’re afraid of the Republican base, which means no one is going to lead the GOP back to sanity
Why do Republican elites keep talking about dying for Jesus?
By Matthew Sheffield
Fighting losing battles valiantly has always been at the core of U.S. conservatism. But as the losses keep piling up, its tragic sense is turning into thanatos.