I& #39;m late to this fascinating report by @DemCorps - but it remains urgent reporting about the post-Trump GOP. It describes a bitterly divided party: 70% still in thrall to Trump, 30% against him https://democracycorps.com/republican-party-project/what-will-trump-loyalists-sensed-powerlessness-mean-for-politics/">https://democracycorps.com/republica...

Trump& #39;s defeat has left his supporters aimless, powerless, pessimistic, and alienated from politics. Real-world consequence: by spring 2009, the anti-Obama Tea Party had already come into being. There& #39;s no equivalent movement in 2021 to resist Biden.

Racially resentful pro-Trump Republicans find Biden unthreatening - and accordingly are reacting to Biden& #39;s recovery plans with interest and "what& #39;s in it for me?" curiosity rather than the fierce rejection with which they met Obama plans in 2009.

Most significantly: Trump& #39;s self-pitying message - "they stole the elections" - teaches his supporters despair, hopelessness, and passivity. Trump& #39;s dominant presence within the GOP is perversely creating a more permissive environment for Biden& #39;s success.

Anyway, read the report yourself here. https://democracycorps.com/republican-party-project/what-will-trump-loyalists-sensed-powerlessness-mean-for-politics/">https://democracycorps.com/republica...