Why Are the Red State Republicans So Soft? Kurt Schlichter

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Why Are the Red State Republicans So Soft?

Kurt Schlichter
 |  Feb 27, 2023

If you are a California conservative, you are probably pretty based. In fact, you are probably heads-on-spikes based. I go speak to these people and these nice Republican ladies show you their “RINO Hunter” tatts and talk about how Jeb! is a … well, they are very graphic. California is blue, deep blue, and we Golden State patriots are a besieged minority, yet you look at the GOP base and if they were any more to the right they would nominate Attila the Hun for Senate. Of course, Attila’s innovative policy prescriptions regarding driving his enemies before him and provoking the lamentations of the women and so forth are worth exploring.

But then you go to some of these deep red states where you would think they were based and you have to wonder what the hell they are thinking. Look at South Dakota under Chamber of Commerce Cowgirl Kristi Noem. It took her years and the realization that running interference for the squishes by refusing to sign on to a bill protecting kids from gender freaks was destroying her chance of ever being president before she finally signed something. In places like North Dakota and Idaho, which should be on the cutting edge of medieval conservatism, they regularly elect Buick Republicans who think we should use our inside voices. What gives?

Take at South Carolina. Please. Red, red, red. Except it has given us Nikki Haley, who makes Jeb! look like…well, her with lower heels. And it has Tim Scott, a nice guy but someone who would never, ever choose to leave a heap of his enemies skulls on the field of battle as a warning to those who might challenge us. Look, if you are not into skull-stacking in 2023, you are out of step with the strategic needs of the movement. And then there’s their other senator, Lindsey Graham, the guy who is all in on Ukraine, confirming Dem judges, and amnesty. Sure, Trump digs him – because Trump never learns – but the guy is a fossil locked in a time capsule that says “Don’t Open until 2006 Happens Again.”

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[Cyber Liberty]

This is true in Arizona.  They reneged on defunding Maricopa County in the budget they passed.  Fortunately ArrestKatieHobbs vetoed it.

[Smokin Joe]

There is a faction of the GOP in many states, still less in number than the establishment set, but not in a position to control the official words coming out of the party organs.

Here, it's a little better than 30%, and 'heads on pikes' is a good way to describe the attitude.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Schlichter needs to cut down on the coffee.  And anyone over 30 who uses the term "based" needs to grow up.

In any case, perhaps Schlichter should reflect on the fact that the "soft" Republicans in South Dakota and South Carolina actually win elections, and the "based" Republicans in California lose. Maybe there's something to be learned from that.

Perhaps it is because Republicans in South Dakota and South Carolina don't go out of their way to antagonize swing voters just because it amuses them.  Whereas some Republicans in California place more emphasis on blazing rhetoric that amuses their core supporters, rather than on gaining enough votes to actually win elections.