Despite labeling themselves the party of the working class for half a decade, most Republicans elected to Congress and even state office still do not share the same values, concerns and solutions their voters do. The conservative base is nearly as far away from elected Republicans as they are from Democrats on issues like trade, immigration, crime, health care, war and Big Tech. The only thing keeping millions of Republican voters casting ballots for the GOP is abortion, guns and Democrats’ promotion of wokeism…
If Republicans are serious about wanting to transform themselves into a party large enough to have a governing majority, they’re going to need to move to the right on culture, to the left on economics and to an altogether different view on how they can use the power of government to deliver victories to their constituents.
Conservatives are starved for vision, and the Republican Party has had little to offer aside from slogans. If the GOP managed to gain a governing majority, would America look any different from the way it is today? How would the Republican base see that difference? If the first answer that crossed your mind was a bumper sticker slogans about “freedom,” “liberty,” “the free market” or “tax cuts,” that’s not a winning message for future of the GOP.
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