I often find much to disagree with in the commentary (and outlook) of Matt Lewis. Re: his take on the New Hampshire results, I'm in agreement, however. We'll be hearing a lot now about how Trump's win in New Hampshire was a narrow win, but in my view, that's carrion comfort, when we look at the forces he has set in motion and what his rabid followers portend for all of us.
What does Trump's continuing success in primaries — the fact that, after mounting an insurrection, he's still running and many voters are wild about him — say to us about the state of the nation, Lewis asks? This:
"We are not a serious country. We love entertainment. We are tribalistic, and we crave an exciting strongman. …
The Party of Lincoln has metastasized into a decadent and perverse cult of personality that calls evil good and good evil."
"Trump’s consolidation of Republican support isn’t exactly a surprise. But it’s a chilling reaffirmation that the GOP is his party, and stands for what he stands for — authoritarianism, cruelty, election denial, corruption, criminality, conspiracy theories, and mob-style threats like the one Trump made against Haley during his unhinged New Hampshire victory speech."
"authoritarianism, cruelty, election denial, corruption, criminality, conspiracy theories, and mob-style threats ". Covers Trump the orange anus fairly well, but you did not include the second coming of Jesus./s