The modern "conservative" movement has degenerated to a simple movement to troll non-"conservatives." That's the best definition of Trumpism and Trump's personal appeal. The insanity of this Christmas card is further and unneeded proof of this dynamic. This is a member of Congress posing with his family with enough weaponry to kill hundreds of people...FOR CHRISTMAS.
As the GOP moves into a post-policy form, whereby it has no real plans for how to run or staff a government, we are increasingly seeing the elites of the GOP embrace trolling as form of politics. This has dire implications, because some wannabe dictator like Trump can leverage this into an attack on our democratic institutions. "Oh, you think voting is important? Well, we are going to oppose voting." Some of this is naked power politics, but some is simply Cleek's Law in overdrive.
If the only coherence your politics has is oppositional, that can win you elections, but it does not provide a rationale for governing the country.
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