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I've been listening to a lot of right-wing talk radio yesterday and today. All take it as a given that Democrats have stolen the election, and, with the feckless Republican establishment having stood down, successfully.... 1/
Rush's contribution is that that the only reason the CNN and the networks aren't calling it for Biden (having already, of course, wired Biden's victory) is to force Fox to do it, as a ritual humiliation. Then comes Rush's Bircher-style riff... /2
that the GOP establishment, which despises Trump because Trump was succeeding in tearing down "globalism," are in on the conspiracy, and that a senile Democratic president they can manipulate, and Republican senate, was their dream scenario scenario all along... /3
Thus his ask to listeners—which, though of course it's subject to change 180 degrees at any time (that's how conspiracy theories work) is a cheering one for Democrats: disengage from the bought-and-paid-for Republican Party, and declare your allegiance to Trump instead... 4/
Rush now all but declares Trump's 2020 defeat a done deal--but 2024 is his for the taking in a walk if he wants it. Among the conspirators he has told his listeners to turn his back on are National Review, Marco Rubio, and Nikki Haley. FIN