Quote:
Originally Posted by ITraffic
Frum, whose article "The Great Republican Revolt" is the cover story of the January/February issue of The Atlantic, argues that the Republican Party is now divided on class lines.
"The people who write the cheques and the people who run the party in Congress are one group of people," said Frum.
But on the other side of this class divide remains an overwhelmingly large group of voters who do not have a college education and who have struggled to do well in the American economy — this is the core Trump has tapped into.
David Frum on Donald Trump's rise within a Republican Party in revolt - Politics - CBC News |
So what makes this second, moneyless group consider themselves Republican? The xenophobia? Or is it the racism? Hating gay people? If he doesn't run with the elites, what makes toothless trailer-dweller Skeeter Jenkins a Republican?
There's a certain type of jerk-off who goes to the Trump rallies. One protester was being dragged away from a rally a couple of weeks ago, and one of the Trumpers said "set the motherfucker on fire!" This is the kind of angry asshole demographic he's tapped into.