A US writer said that the Republican primary elections held earlier this month in a number of states showed that the "right-wing populist" perpetuated by former President Donald Trump has spread within the party.
Writing in the Washington Post, columnist E.J. Dion
wrote
that the primaries leading up to the midterm congressional elections in November revealed the extent to which Republican voters are drifting to the right, "which should frighten everyone who does not. He belongs to this group of political extremists."
scary indicator
He described the Republicans' decision to nominate Senator Doug Mastriano by a large margin of votes for the position of Governor of Pennsylvania as "frightening and most important";
The man was one of the most vocal opponents of the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election, which brought Joe Biden to the White House.
Mastriano said he would reset the voter lists so that everyone would have to re-register.
Although such behavior is illegal - in Jay Dion's opinion - it is not enough to deter him from doing so.
The author of the article claims that Mastariano is so radical that Trump only supported his candidacy 3 days before the start of the primaries when poll results showed he might win.
Trump tests his ability to run in 2024
Trump announced earlier that he supported candidates in most of those elections, which will be a test of his ability to influence after his loss to President Joe Biden, and of his chances of running for the White House in 2024.
In the Republican race for the Senate, a narrow margin of vote separates Doctor Mehmet Oz, whom the article's author regards as Trump's preferred choice, and David McCormick, the former CEO of the hedge fund.
McCormick tried hard to reformulate himself in the "Trumpist" mould, but his attempts certainly seemed "contrived," as Jay Dion believes.
It is not for nothing that President Biden's statement heartily endorsing Lt. John Fetterman, the landslide winner of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic primary, refers to the GOP contest as a "malign and chaotic primary campaign that is the most extreme."
And Biden added that any Republican who would stand up to Fetterman "would be too dangerous, too radical to represent Pennsylvania in the US Senate."
Welcoming statements
According to the Washington Post article, Biden's statement was a "welcome gesture" that he and Democrats may see the most important issue in the November elections - not in Pennsylvania but nationally - is the extremism that has gripped the Republican Party.
The article concludes that "Trumpism" is so rampant within the party that a recent study showed that one in five Republican lawmakers in the state belongs to extremist right-wing groups.
Trumpism is a political term that refers to the phenomenon and political ideology created by former President Donald Trump, an American version of the conservative right-wing and nationalist “populist” currents that are seen in many countries in the world and include some aspects of illiberal democracy.