Liam Donovan
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And Donald Trump was first in class.
It's just a great kind of summation of all these things.
But it gives you a sensitive flavor for, like, who Massey is.
And I do think he was a thorn in the side of this White House and of the party for the longest time.
But I thinkβ
to your point, he was able to take issues that get a particular premium online.
If you can take some of these polemical issues that get a lot of engagement and make that your issue, that's not really what we were talking about, but he was able to wrap himself in it in a way that I think got a lot of attention and was able to, in some ways, benefit him.
He was able to fight a pretty close race.
And I think
That is a valuable way of getting attention.
If you are a candidate, particularly an insurgent candidate, if you try to make races about these issues, you can find an audience for it.
And whether or not it pays electoral dividends, I think that's something to watch for.
I think that's right.
I mean, I think it's much easier to synthesize
Who knows where it goes?
But I think Republicans have an easier time containing this and sorting it out.
I'm watching Vice President Vance as the one who is kind of the β he has spoken up on this and I think is trying to sort that out because there is a generational divide.
There are certain politics that have been imprinted on β
How are you going to hold Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson together in one party?
I don't think Tucker Carlson wants to be involved in any party right now.