For Donald Trump fans, one of the many creepy curiosities of this year’s presidential election is that Liz and Dick Cheney and other disgruntled Bush-era Republicans are firmly supporting the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris.
Donald Trump understands this dynamic better than most
For Harris supporters, meanwhile, it’s strangely alarming that Robert F. Kennedy Junior, scion of the world’s most famous Democratic dynasty, and the former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard are now both superstars in Trumpworld.
The realignment is real. Hippie Democrats, who distrust corporate America, Big Pharma, the military-industrial complex, and Washington have grown increasingly fond of Trump. Rich Republican neocons, who prioritise national security (at least their sense of it) over, say, free speech are part of Team Kamala. The problem for Democrats is that the former group is significantly more popular than the latter.
Donald Trump understands this dynamic better than most. That’s why, on stage with Tucker Carlson in Arizona yesterday, he laid into Liz Cheney.