Nearly 48 hours after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, investigators are struck by the lack of leads they’re finding about Thomas Matthew Crooks’ mindset and possible motives for his attack.
It’s kinda fucked in a way, leftists and centrist conservatives have almost no representation in government unless you consider most Democrats to be centrist conservatives but they why don’t principled conservatives vote for them?
They do, it’s just that our entire political system has been running to the right for so long that “principled conservatives” are a small minority of the broader right wing movement now. Think about how Nikki Haley bombed in the primary this year, she would have done way better against Trump if this type of conservative made up a bigger chunk of the modern Republican base.
They do, it’s just that our entire political system has been running to the right for so long that “principled conservatives” are a small minority of the broader right wing movement now. Think about how Nikki Haley bombed in the primary this year, she would have done way better against Trump if this type of conservative made up a bigger chunk of the modern Republican base.