Interesting article. I'm reminded of Reagan's 11th commandment ("Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican"). Obviously, this isn't a hard and fast rule, as Reagan himself abandoned it,...
Interesting article.
I'm reminded of Reagan's 11th commandment ("Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican"). Obviously, this isn't a hard and fast rule, as Reagan himself abandoned it, and Trump certainly doesn't observe the rule himself, but it is certainly a characteristic of the Republican party. All political parties offer some degree of mutual support, but it's markedly more pronounced among Republicans.
Paradoxically, Trump receives so little criticism from the Republicans in part because he is so consistently awful and weak (compared to what a competent president could accomplish with the legislative majorities Trump currently has). If he was a stronger president, there could be more internal criticism of him by Republicans because that criticism poses less of a threat. Trump is threatened, both personally and politically, by even mild criticism, and so the party finds itself in its current farcical situation.
Interesting article.
I'm reminded of Reagan's 11th commandment ("Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican"). Obviously, this isn't a hard and fast rule, as Reagan himself abandoned it, and Trump certainly doesn't observe the rule himself, but it is certainly a characteristic of the Republican party. All political parties offer some degree of mutual support, but it's markedly more pronounced among Republicans.
Paradoxically, Trump receives so little criticism from the Republicans in part because he is so consistently awful and weak (compared to what a competent president could accomplish with the legislative majorities Trump currently has). If he was a stronger president, there could be more internal criticism of him by Republicans because that criticism poses less of a threat. Trump is threatened, both personally and politically, by even mild criticism, and so the party finds itself in its current farcical situation.