Republicans in the House of Representatives removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his position as speaker because he was viewed as too weak by Donald Trump’s MAGA loyalists. McCarthy’s successor, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., who was unanimously elected by his Republican colleagues – which includes the so-called “moderates” who blocked three other candidates before, is a Trump loyalist. He supported the criminal traitor ex-president’s coup attempt on Jan. 6 and the ongoing attempts to end American democracy by the MAGA movement. So while Trump may not have been elected speaker as some Republicans in the lower chamber had hoped for, he is still effectively their leader.
Ultimately, and much to the consternation of the mainstream news media and respectable political class — which are in a state of willful denial of this reality and its implications for the country — Trump and Trumpism are a symbol and a movement that are much greater than any one person. Trumpism and American neofascism will survive long past whatever may happen to the Dear Leader. Trump is a type of prototype for the future of American fascism.
