The left has understood the power of the culture war for half a century. But something happened leading into Tuesday: The right figured it out too.
We’re spiking the football because it’s long past time for the political establishment to pay attention. Culture is a kitchen table issue, just as much as health care bills and taxes, despite years of smug assurances otherwise from consultants and pundits. We were right and they were wrong. They are not good at this, and their incompetence is hurting the cause of conservatism and, more importantly, the country.
In the wake of Glenn Youngkin’s blue-state culture war upset, CNN panelists pondered their echo chamber. Sen. Joe Manchin tried to pump the brakes on President Joe Biden’s massive social spending plan. James Carville unloaded. Others doubled down on the false and toxic narrative that dissenters from the left’s cultural dogma are motivated by bigotry.
While radical illiberalism […]
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