He's a nevertrumper and a neocon. Basically, he wants everything the Left wants - infinity immigration, censorship of anyone to his right, and more money for Israel.
Him and his buddies run the "right wing" of the Jewish coin. He says basic things to idiot college students and that makes him "edgy" and "not like those OTHER conservatives" and that's about it.
After 2016, Shapiro said that despite is flaws, Trump was far better than he ever expected, and he voted for Trump in 2020.
After 2016, rats like him did precisely that, only to turn on him again after J6. Lindsay Graham and his ilk also pretended to stop opposing Trump during the same time interval.
Trump fucked up January 6th. His continuous narrative about the rigged election and the fantasy that the VP could overturn it convinced a bunch of gullible rubes that if they marched into the capitol, everybody'd go "golly, you win" and they'd get their God Emporer back.
That's fucking idiotic. The left got to riot without consequence for an entire summer, and a peaceful protest by the right was met with gunfire by the regime. Excusing this makes you either an idiot or totally craven, and probably both.
I wouldn't use the same tone but not too much to argue about here. Thickheaded boomers (some with tacticool gear squirreled away over the state border) got baited and didn't even stage a sitdown occupation. Not all, I don't blame the grandmas who walked into the building. But some.
I take a bit of schadenfreude at this because blustering patriot LARPers could be irritating in RL and on patriots.win.
You're right. Trump's failure to explicitly condemn the riot was a huge tactical blunder, especially if he's actually considering running again. Same with his strident insistence on exposing the rigging of the election. Even if it's true (and it probably is) it is political poison to have pursued investigations. It alienates swing voters or those hugely fed up with the Ds but hesitant about voting differently from how they always have. Trump's base would vote for him if he were proven guilty of murder in court. He needs to capture fed-up moderates, and there will be plenty more around in '24.
That's a pretty good litmus test. Unless someone has a skill or asset that makes them independently valuable (e.g. Trump having billions of dollars), getting the vax should completely discredit them as a political figure.
He's a nevertrumper and a neocon. Basically, he wants everything the Left wants - infinity immigration, censorship of anyone to his right, and more money for Israel.
Even ignoring the specifics, he is a milquetoast, limp wristed simp. Someone who absolutely should not be given any form of authority.
Never trust a man incapable of throwing or taking a punch.
Him and his buddies run the "right wing" of the Jewish coin. He says basic things to idiot college students and that makes him "edgy" and "not like those OTHER conservatives" and that's about it.
After 2016, rats like him did precisely that, only to turn on him again after J6. Lindsay Graham and his ilk also pretended to stop opposing Trump during the same time interval.
That's fucking idiotic. The left got to riot without consequence for an entire summer, and a peaceful protest by the right was met with gunfire by the regime. Excusing this makes you either an idiot or totally craven, and probably both.
I wouldn't use the same tone but not too much to argue about here. Thickheaded boomers (some with tacticool gear squirreled away over the state border) got baited and didn't even stage a sitdown occupation. Not all, I don't blame the grandmas who walked into the building. But some.
I take a bit of schadenfreude at this because blustering patriot LARPers could be irritating in RL and on patriots.win.
You're right. Trump's failure to explicitly condemn the riot was a huge tactical blunder, especially if he's actually considering running again. Same with his strident insistence on exposing the rigging of the election. Even if it's true (and it probably is) it is political poison to have pursued investigations. It alienates swing voters or those hugely fed up with the Ds but hesitant about voting differently from how they always have. Trump's base would vote for him if he were proven guilty of murder in court. He needs to capture fed-up moderates, and there will be plenty more around in '24.
Vaxxed as well. Either dumb enough to get experimental gene therapy or evil to recommend it. Either way not someone intellectually I respect.
That's a pretty good litmus test. Unless someone has a skill or asset that makes them independently valuable (e.g. Trump having billions of dollars), getting the vax should completely discredit them as a political figure.
Interesting take
That's the standard RINO line. Infinite foreign criminals and welfare recipients, as long as they come in "legally".
There's a reason he's promoted by Facebook. His entire purpose is to neutralize any actual opposition to the left.
You're up against anti-Semites who would hate Shapiro if he were Solomon himself. Rabid irrational jew-hating is strong here.