Nick Gillespie: Why the Charlie Kirk Memorial Might Spell the End of MAGA

This seems like a very mixed bag to me.

   At some points he's right on the mark, as when he points out that Trump's line about hating his enemies (whereas Kirk loved his) was self-deprecating humor delivered deadpan. (This describes a lot of Trump's humor, but his enemies are so locked in TDS that they refuse to acknowledge it--or, perhaps, genuinely can't see it.)

   He's also right about the weird tone of some parts of the thing.

   Elsewhere, he's pretty hit-or-miss. Trump's administration is headed for disaster because Tyler Cowen said we're going to have stagflation...and other such stuff. Well, yeah, any President who wrecks the economy will be unpopular...but we've heard predictions of economic disaster over and over...and thus far, no dice.

   Stephen Miller can certainly sound creepy, and the administration would do well to keep him off-camera. He's right about most of what he says...and I actually think his tone is apt. But it doesn't seem to play well in Peoria... Gillespie's reference to Miller's High School newspaper reveals more of the same: he's basically right, but he doesn't cushion his claims, that's for sure...

   And Gillespie's bizarro, very-slightly-concealed accusation of antisemitism against Tucker Carlson is just, well, kinda nuts IMO.

   Finally, there's Gillespie's accusation that Trump politicizes everything... I mean...the left undeniably started that shit. That's their calling card. The personal (and everything this side of that...meaning everything...) is political. Whether Trump is just playing their game, or whether he thinks something (in effect) similar, I don't know.

   But anyway.

   Trump is best when he doesn't open his mouth too much. Which is rare. 

   Currently, I think Trump, Miller et al. are basically right: the left is hellbent on implementing policies and ideas that would lead pretty directly to horror and national disaster. E.g. open borders, DEI, CRT transanity, lawlessness, suppression of speech and dissent...just to name a few lowlights. Anger is a perfectly reasonable response to this malevolent idiocy... But tone does matter, and too much goes a long way. Tone is all that much of the electorate ever notices. So I'd tone it down a bit if I were them.