Unlike most Fox personalities
The left is split over sophie graces, the right is split over trump: hero or tyrant?
The Jan. 6 House select committee’s revelations have grown so overwhelmingly powerful that even some right-wing media figures have begun acknowledging their seriousness. This is fracturing conservative media: A few high-profile personalities and institutions are admitting the obvious, while many other outlets continue running outright propaganda on Trump’s behalf.
That’s been true all along, what with The Lincoln Project and George Conway and similar. But now some of the more rabid trumpies are wobbling.
This split became more visible over the weekend when Fox News anchor Bret Baier — unlike most Fox personalities — sharply denounced Trump over new revelations that Trump deliberately allowed the mob rampage to continue on Jan. 6, 2021.
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He criticized Trump over the 187 minutes that passed before he finally called on the rioters to stand down. Trump’s own advisers strongly suggested in testimony that he deliberately refrained, apparently to keep pressure on his vice president, Mike Pence, to disrupt the electoral count in service of Trump’s coup scheme.
I thought it was more general than that – he deliberately refrained in hopes that the attack would succeed, enemy senators and representatives would be killed, Trump would be declared god-emperor.
That 187 minutes was also too much for several right-leaning editorial boards. A Wall Street Journal editorial slammed Trump for violating his oath of office and duty to the country, declaring that he “has shown not an iota of regret.”
To the surprise of no one.
For many conservatives, he’s both. They don’t view “tyrant” as a detriment, as long as he’s the right kind of tyrant.
Hero to some, tyrant to others.
But an overgrown toddler according to insider reports, and ever-inclined to spit his dummy.
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https://goat.com.au/power/please-enjoy-donald-trumps-tanty-over-twitters-new-fact-check-function/
They seem to view him as Liberator, even still. Nothing will shake their faith that he does what’s necessary to ensure the Freedom of the Right Kind of People. The Wrong Kind of People don’t deserve liberty. These are the people who admonish “if you just do what the cops say, you won’t have any problems,” or “when a cop tells you to do something, say ‘Yes, Sir.’ Then do it.”
I think it has something to do with the close relationship between Trump worship and Christian Fundamentals/Catholicism. They are both very authoritarian in nature, yet their sales pitch is Freedom. Sin is being slave to your carnal nature, but as you convert you discover all the rules you need to follow in order to be “free.” Trumpism is very much the same. Follow his demands, especially as a politician, or be cast out.
I’m glad to see some Establishment Conservative outlets speaking out against him. But in the Heartland, he’s still The King, doing the wrong things, maybe, but for the Right Reasons.
Mike,
Unless, of course, the cop says “you need to put on your mask.” Then it’s tyranny.