beckyromero · 36-40, F
That said, these numbers help explain why the OBBB‘s cuts to Medicaid, Obamacare, SNAP and industrial policy subsidies paired with extensive tax curs are not as politically toxic for Trump as one might expect
Yet...
There are still some Republicans (like Sens. Tillis and Hawley) who see the danger in how badly those cuts will effect voters in states Trump won (and therefore THEIR political careers, since Trump won't be on the ballot in 2026).
But many Republicans in the House are Trumpets (i.e. swept into office by Trump's presidential win in 2016). And when the you know what hits the fan, they perhaps believe they will be able to blame it on Biden, Obama or LBJ and are confident the Trump sheep will believe anything he says anyway.
Democrats will still have the edge in the midterms but I believe James Carville and Paul Begala are too overly optimistic about the number of House seats that will flip. Perhaps if they were active in running the DCCC. But they aren't.
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CedricH · 22-25, M
@samueltyler2 It‘s certainly a Machiavellian move.
CedricH · 22-25, M
@samueltyler2 Fair enough.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
Why not call them what they are though, the radical right?
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@CedricH i won't argue the point with you. We just have different feelings about the word. I am tired of being called a radical leftist.
CedricH · 22-25, M
@samueltyler2 Using labels to discredit ideas is always lazy. I‘m sure your views are broadly aligned with regular European social democratic or green parties. I don’t agree with their policy positions or values but I would never suggest that they’re in any way extremist. As long as one is committed to a free and democratic society without racism or anti-semitism, I‘m tolerant of whatever views one might have within that spectrum.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@CedricH okay for you to say. You will live to see the pendulum swing back, hopefully, I don't think i can
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CedricH · 22-25, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout The point of this post is not to demean or insult any particular faction within the Republican coalition.