Sometimes republicans will say something like “last time you tried to protect tenants, landlords reacted violently toward everyone and burned down whole neighborhoods” as if it’s an argument in their favor.
I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.
You can make the most obvious villain, the most on the nose monster, a clear and present example of the worst kind of human being who is just a collection of fatal character flaws, and the new right will identify with him and get angry when he dies a villain’s death
I think one of the wildest things, is that all of this is happening on the verge of the USA 250th anniversary. Like this should be a momentous time in our history, but instead we've never been more splintered. With corrupt elites laughing and mocking us directly.