‘The testing ground’: how Republican state parties grow Trumpism 2.0
by David Smith in Washington from on (#5S4VM)
In Oklahoma, Idaho, Wyoming and California, the next generation of GOP extremists are passing laws, picking their own voters ... and preparing for power
The website of the Oklahoma Republican party has a running countdown to the 2024 presidential election measured in Maga days", Maga hours", Maga minutes" and Maga seconds" - Maga being shorthand for Donald Trump's timeworn slogan, Make America great again".
The state party chairman, John Bennett, a veteran of three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, has described Islam as a cancer in our nation that needs to be cut out" and posted a yellow Star of David on Facebook to liken coronavirus vaccine mandates to the persecution of Jewish people in Nazi Germany.
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