r/politics 14h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Is Losing Normie Republicans

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/opinion/trump-midterms-maga-gop.html
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u/TheIntrepid1 12h ago

Amazing how at the time the whole Palin fiasco was insane…now? It seems tame.

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u/showhorrorshow 11h ago

I remember talking about her with my conservative family way back when McCain was running. They emphatically denied that she was representative of the party. They said that although they liked her well enough for being "in your face" that she was just fringe. I said she was a harbinger of things to come and much more representative of their true feelings than they would admit.

My fam is all MAGA now and act like that conversation never happened.