A Glimmer of Hope in the GOP

A Glimmer of Hope in the GOP

Yesterday, in a piece on the government shutdown, I noted in passing an interesting trend in the Republican Party: Trump devotees who are breaking with him over a more traditional form of populism. I’d like to explore that a little more today. Trump practices a form of huckster populism. He’s a demagogue playing to people’s resentments and prejudices while he and the Trump Crime Family laugh at them all the way to the bank, or wherever crypto is…