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Both sides are electing nut jobs to Congress — one side is better at it


It’s easier to get elected as a RWNJ because all you have to do is lick Trump’s balls enough to get a primary endorsement. Trump has no actual policy goals or genuine political thoughts — it’s just “how does this affect me?” So it’s easier to climb the ranks if you’re a nut job on the right.

Still, neither side’s Congressional leadership does a particularly good job putting the kibosh on the crazy — too scared of upsetting the “base.” AFAIK Steve King is the only one who has actually been ostracized/stripped of committee assignments for being crazy and it took him saying something like “there’s nothing wrong with white nationalists” to actually have that happen to him.

(In response to this post by BocaHoo91)

Posted: 05/15/2022 at 10:08AM



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