Since 2015, perhaps the foremost argument for Trump has been of the “but he fights!” variety. Failed, failed, and failed. The RNC power cosplay. The thinking appears to have been something like this: We control the RNC, Trump will win anyway, so why should we even indulge this farce of a primary election? I think “the establishment” of 2015-2016 should have used power to stop Trump—if it actually had the power to do so.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2024 14:16 UTC