The following statistics come from an AEI/YouGov survey of Trump voters from January.
If not “White Nationalism” which I would define as racial separatism and advocation of an ethnostate, then something like “White Populism” is very much alive inside the post-Trump GOP.
Sen. Ben Sasse is getting censured by the Nebraska GOP. Liz Cheney nearly got drummed out of the GOP after voting to impeach Trump.
Trump has decisively won the Republican Civil War and has transformed the GOP on trade and immigration. The consensus within the GOP among Trump voters is Build the Wall and deport them.
I don’t see any hope for Jeb 2024.
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Will Biden be able to lead US out of its dire predicament? By GT staff reporters Published: Jan 21, 2021 09:48 PM Updated: Jan 22, 2021 03:16 PM
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At the heavily guarded US Capitol, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the US. During his inaugural address, he mentioned unity at least 8 times, though he admitted that unity sounds like a foolish fantasy, and vowed to bring the country out of its historical crisis and challenge.
The speech was hailed by a large swath of Americans on Twitter, who believe a new era has begun and the new president is the cure to the dilemma the country is being confronted with.