Why 2028 Will Matter More Than You Think
If you think Trump’s bad, wait until you experience the Republican candidate for the 2028 election cycle.
We’ve known for decades that the Republican Party has based its success on targeting the less intellectually capable and this in turn has heavily influenced its choice of politicians. The preference for stupid has been most evident whenever Republicans have taken the White House: Reagan, Baby Bush, and now Trump are all exemplars of the fact no one ever lost an election by under-estimating the intelligence of Republican voters.
Trump, however, is different from run-of-the-mill Republicans. Of course, he panders to evangelicals and breaks bread with the NRA. These are both standard Republican tropes, as is passing legislation that massively favors the super-wealthy at the expense of everyone else (including, ironically, the vast majority of simple-minded dupes who reliably vote for Republican candidates because they’ve swallowed the fairy-tale that “Republicans are for the little guy, for fiscal probity, for hard work and getting ahead by your own efforts”). You have to do all these things, and many more, in order to conform to political realities. But Trump goes much, much further.
The lesson Trump has taught the entire world is simple: you absolutely cannot ever under-estimate the intelligence of about half the voting…
