The Post-Trump Roadmap for Far-Right Extremists To Build Political Power
In 2021, Donald Trump won’t be the president any longer but the extremists his Presidency lit a fire under and amplified will remain. The Republican Party has long been white supremacist and anti-democracy but under Trump, the most extreme voices in their fold became mainstream. Under Trump’s leadership, Republican electeds were freer than ever before to say the quiet part out loud and push for policies reflective of their extremist views.
I’m obsessed with how the far-right built political power in the era of Trump, especially extremist candidates who run for office. White supremacists marching in the streets of DC are a terrifying sight but personally, I’m more scared of the white supremacists sitting in Congress and state legislatures across the country. Expect extremists to continue running for office in the future, undoubtedly with support from the so-called mainstream Republican party leadership.
Redistricting and gerrymandering will make it even easier for extremists to win elected offices. Gerrymandering makes the task of running as an extremist and if necessary, primarying an opponent much easier. Next year’s three most notorious extremists in the new Congress, Madison Cawthorne, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert, all ran in Republican districts, all won primaries against…
