Republicans proceed to dwell in a Trump fantasy land the place elections that they misplaced, they assume they received, as they supported a candidate in Iowa who faces 91 felony counts and tried to overthrow the federal government.

The Iowa Caucus was over earlier than Trump supporters arrived on the victory get together:

The Iowa caucus was known as so rapidly that Donald Trump’s supporters had not but arrived at his marketing campaign watch get together pic.twitter.com/GgigqSdRWa

— Stephanie Murray (@stephanie_murr) January 16, 2024

The caucus consequence was introduced so rapidly that cable information networks try to spin the race for second place between DeSantis and Haley as a newsworthy occasion that viewers ought to hold watching:

It’s form of unhappy watching cable information attempt to spin the Iowa caucus right into a newsworthy occasion. pic.twitter.com/YT7EbANv7r

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 16, 2024

Iowa is an instance of the type of rural, white, purple state voters which can be the spine of Trump’s help within the Republican Occasion. Iowa is not a bellwether that predicts something. As an alternative, it’s a case research in how far off the rails the Republican Occasion has gone.

CNN reported on some entrance polling numbers from Iowa:

Roughly half establish themselves as a part of the MAGA motion, referring to the “Make America Great Again” slogan popularized by former President Donald Trump in 2016.

And about two-thirds say they don’t imagine that Biden’s victory over Trump 4 years in the past was respectable. There isn’t any proof of widespread voter fraud within the 2020 election.

Few GOP caucusgoers categorical considerations in regards to the felony prices Trump presently faces. Roughly 6 in 10 say that they’d contemplate Trump match for the presidency if he have been to be convicted of against the law.

The Republican Occasion is in full denial of actuality. They’re a celebration in disarray that as an alternative of taking a look at why they hold shedding elections, the GOP has retreated from actuality and itself round Trump who just like the wizard backstage within the Wizard of Oz presents an phantasm that he tries to promote as actuality.

The 2 US political events usually are not on equal footing. President Joe Biden is setting fundraising related records whereas Trump is burning by way of his marketing campaign money to pay for his authorized protection.

Republicans are a multitude and the message to voters popping out of Iowa must be vote for Republicans at your individual peril.

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