Kurt Schlichter, Townhall
The message is clear. If you betray the base, you’re going down. It’s not just Trump doing it. Trump is our avatar, the guy who swings the sword for us. But make no mistake: We have taken the Republican Party, and we’re going to solidify our hold. Critics whine that the GOP is now a Trump party. That betrays their fundamental misunderstanding of what’s going on, and it’s not our duty to correct them. What they don’t understand is that Trump is not imposing his will from above. We, through Trump, are imposing our will from below.
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