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Thread #174576 Message #4236993
Posted By: Helen
17-Mar-26 - 04:39 PM
Thread Name: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
Subject: RE: Convicted felon US Prez 47/Don't Say His Name
An ABC (Oz) article worth reading, especially for the glimmer of hope it might provide for the Democrats, and it has a suggestion on how the Dems could develop an effective strategy to win the mid-terms:
"A civil war within the MAGA movement is getting more lewd by the day as prominent right-wing figures feud online over the war in Iran.
"Fox News commentator Mark Levin, a staunch supporter of Israel and the war, started the latest bout when he went after former co-worker-turned-podcaster Megyn Kelly."
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"The rupturing right
"But the war in Iran has caused a growing rift within the very movement Donald Trump created.
"Some of the most prominent and vocal figures that helped propel him to the Oval Office a second time have also been some of the most aggressive critics of his foreign policy, arguing it is not 'America First'."
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"Americans' social media feeds have been littered with vitriol and name-calling between right-wing commentators who support or oppose the military operation against the Iranian regime.
"'I find it to be very infuriating,' conservative podcaster Liz Wheeler told the ABC.
"She says the 'podcast wars' are stirring up problems for the future, and that conservative commentators should be focused on trying to talk to the American people while 'debunking the lies that are coming from the mainstream media and from the left'.
"'If I were a Democrat right now, I would be like, 'Guys be quiet, let them self-destruct,' she said.
"'We're the thought leaders of the Conservative movement … if we're actually just talking about ourselves and hurling ad hominems, then we're being delinquent in what we are called to do.
"Under Trump's presidency, Wheeler believes conservatives can reform and 'dismantle institutions that have been captured by the left'.
"'It is a once-in-a-generation opportunity and it is being squandered now by people who would rather throw insults on X.'"
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The last section of the article, "The midterm effect" is worth reading in full for further strategic insights, IMO.