Most Americans see the truth
The question is if Republicans ultimately care:
Days after Democratic President Joe Biden gave a fiery speech attacking former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies as an extremist threat, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Wednesday found a majority of Americans believe Trump’s movement is undermining democracy.
Fifty-eight percent of respondents in the two-day poll – including one in four Republicans – said Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement is threatening America’s democratic foundations.
While Trump remains popular among Republicans, his standing within the party has suffered since a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a bid to stop lawmakers from certifying Biden’s election victory.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 60% of Republicans don’t think Trump’s MAGA movement represents the majority of the party.
That last finding may be even more significant than the first. I would have thought the vast majority would be thrilled to be associated with Trumps movement. After all, they vote for him and all his minions in large numbers and enable everything they do. Why would they run from the label? Could it be that they are so motivated by their loathing of the rest of America that they will stick with a toxic authoritarian movement they know is destroying democracy come what may? Sure seems like it.