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The conservative movement is broken and no one is fixing it.
Thatâs according to S. E. Cupp, who wrote exactly that in a column for the New York Daily News this week and joined The New Abnormal to share her perspective on a host of recent headlinesâincluding this weekâs chaos over the race for a new House Speaker.
Cupp explains how the American rightâincluding conservative mediaâis essentially broken, in part thanks to one notable former president: Donald Trump.
âThe right-wingâwhich could encompass the Republican partyâŚconservatismâŚright-wing media includedâall should exist to be a check on the left. Thatâs why we have two parties,â Cupp explains.
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âWhile the House is speakerless and Republicans are fighting Republicans, theyâre not really being an effective check on the left. Theyâre also not governing as a party. Thatâs the function of the Republican Party: to get Republicans elected to govern, to legislate, to solve problems. Theyâre not doing any of that.
âThe right-wing media instead has followed Trump down into rabbit holes in lawsuits that has made them kind of self-destruct. Theyâre not holding anyone really accountable in believable, credible ways because theyâve lost a lot of credibility in defending Trump to the end. So, like all of this stuff is broken. And while conservatism remains intact, because thatâs a set of values, the Republican party is broken as a functioning party.â
Plus! Jonathan M. Metzl, author of the book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing Americaâs Heartland, discusses the psychology behind the rise in hate and how itâs connected to the rhetoric and misinformation that we are hearing on a regular basis.
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