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kleinbl00  ·  591 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post:

So, VIOLENCE 1 was "I'ma take my nail gun to shoot up the FBI because bulletproof glass isn't nailproof, oops, yes it is, let me post on social media and then kill myself." VIOLENCE 2 was "I'm going to drive through this crash barrier, oops, no I'm not, I'm gonna shoot in the air a few times and then kill myself."

I don't care what else is said about Trumpians and MAGAheads. Fundamentally? They are FOLLOWERS. They are not LEADERS. Given their 'druthers they will FOLLOW the President of the United States to hell and back and fuck anyone who gets in their way - assuming it's a president they like. They'll follow Richard Spencer, they'll follow Enrique Tarrio, they'll follow Tucker Carlson.

This requires a leader in front of them. Absent leadership, they are clowns. Anyone with any inkling of self-motivation or leadership? Does not follow a populist. The Bundys didn't seize Malheur for anyone but themselves. Tulsi Gabbard? She's marching to her own drum. There's a reason we haven't heard from Ann Coulter or Paul Ryan or Jason Chaffetz in years - they thrive in a multihierarchal Taliban, not a monarchy.

Guaranteed - anybody who survived four years of Trump in the Republican Party has learned that "the base" will follow any demagogue who says the right things. "The base" may not think this, but if they thought much they wouldn't be the base. What we're watching now is sharks smelling blood in the water but not enough to make them strike.

The Republicans are not going to run Trump. Trump? Trump is definitely going to run Trump. And that is going to be delicious.