From top to bottom, the national GOP organization could soon be rid of anyone seen as insufficiently MAGA.

From top to bottom, the national GOP organization could soon be rid of anyone seen as insufficiently MAGA.

First came the internal grumbling about Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.

Then came McDaniel’s decision to step down from her post at the end of February as she lost the support of Donald Trump.

After that came Trump’s move to put forward a slate of loyalists to take over the party’s top spots—including an election-denying state party chair, a Trump campaign senior adviser, and the former president’s own daughter-in-law.

Next could come the purge.

“I think within 30 days you’ll see a purge of staffers from the RNC, because it’s a hotbed for anti-Trumpism,” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and host of the War Room podcast told The Daily Beast. “That’s the open secret.”

Skeptical holdouts within the RNC have gotten the message: Their days are numbered.

  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    61·
    9 months ago

    I don’t

    You clearly don’t have Facebook friends who are itching for civil war with the Democrats, or live in a rural area

    • stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub
      28·
      9 months ago

      How many of those people are actually violent and or physical and would carry out those things?

      Also depends on your age, everyone’s a tough guy in high school. But regardless, there’s plenty of adults that would do these things (apparently - see Jan 6th) so I guess it wouldn’t be that far off from WW2 stuff, but a purge where everyone kills everyone?

      No.

      • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
        72·
        9 months ago

        How many of those people are actually violent and or physical and would carry out those things?

        How many citizens of the Weimar republic were violent?

        There was some street fighting, marches of early Nazis carrying signs and chanting, some unofficial law enforcement agencies charged with being loyal to the leaders instead of the law… but it’s not like it led to… oh wait… well, hang on…

        Also depends on your age

        Nice progression “depends on your age” -> “you’re probably in high school” -> “yeah you’re in high school”. I’m older than you.

        see Jan 6th

        This kinda undoes your “these people aren’t really violent” thesis. The threat of violence already impacts the decisions of election workers and politicians. The question we’re debating is simply, how much. Any amount is too much.