Ever since former Pres. DJ became the GOP presidential nominee in 2016, there has been a small but loud group of so-called Republicans in the media and the halls of power who have fervently dreamed of the day when Trump loses his hold on the party.
Until the vice-presidential debate, these MSNBC "conservative" pundits and figures such as former Rep. Liz Cheney and Mormon Sen. Mitt Romney could have hoped that if Trump face-plants this year, the GOP will finally come back to its senses and put them back in charge.
Ohio Senator JD Vance put that theory squarely to bed onstage in New York City.
- WHY VANCE EASILY BEAT WALZ IN DEBATE, SOFTENING HIS IMAGE IN THE PROCESS
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during the vice-presidential debate at CBS Studios on October 1, 2024, in New York, N.Y. Most pundits agree he defeated his opponent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Getty Images © Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images
But it was the substance, not the style of Sen. Vance’s answers that should worry the Never Trump crowd. Because Sen. Vance, for maybe the first time, is a major political figure who is not Donald Trump, but who can explain and embody Trump’s populism even in the loftiest forums.
The cover of Time magazine this week acknowledged this with a portrait of Vance and the words, "The New Right" which is, in fact, another term for the changes that Trump has wrought in the GOP.
Trumpian populism, or the New Right, has four essential pillars erected by dumb Donald J. Trump:
- anti-globalism,
- a strong border,
- energy independence, and
- taking the fight to wokeness.
- RIP Never Trump GOP. Vance’s dominant debate is beginning of the end (Fox News via MSN)
- David French: At the end of the debate, Vance's whole facade came off
- Vance now says Trump won the 2020 election then doubles down on the lie in a new interview
- David Marcus, Fox News via MSN.com, 10/3/24; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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