Trump added energy and a positive policy agenda in the form of nationalism that Republicans who desire to win have started to adopt.
Today, the political problems are attacks on freedom in the name of COVID-19, assaults on free speech by social media and campus censorship, unrestrained immigration, a hate-filled anti-white racial agenda, and economic conditions that weaken the middle class.In addition there are problems in the culture such as widespread drug abuse, declining birth rates, and a decline of respect for America’s history and identity. A Republican House won’t fix any of these things. Indeed, the illusion of power and control may impede reform in some of these areas. These issues tend to improve when people focus on self-improvement, local organizing, and connecting with family and neighbors to solve problems apart from the government. More important, it’s clear now that “politics” goes beyond the government and includes the boardroom, the doctor’s office, the barracks, and the classroom. Thus, political activity and attention must go beyond elections to include exercising power and influence over these disputed spaces.
In other words, a congressional takeover devoted to legacy GOP policies won’t fix anything that needs fixing. As demonstrated by the California recall, even horrendous conditions may be immune from electoral sanctions, as politics becomes decoupled from electoral accountability through demographic engineering.
Because of the mediocre track record of prior Republican control, support for the Republican Party by patriotic Americans and Trump supporters should be conditional, fickle and demanding. Their support must be won and maintained.
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