Whole Hog Politics: Blue MAGA? Yep. Democrats’ Tea Party? Probably not.
Key takeaways
- The idea of blue MAGA or the Democrats Tea Party moment have been tortured almost beyond the point of usefulness.
- Yearning for a parallel to the ways in which populist anger consumed and then conquered the Republican Party between 2009 and 2024 is understandable.
- Now the party is the vessel, and Trump is what s filling it.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
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The idea of blue MAGA or the Democrats Tea Party moment have been tortured almost beyond the point of usefulness. Almost.
Yearning for a parallel to the ways in which populist anger consumed and then conquered the Republican Party between 2009 and 2024 is understandable. It was there from the start — with Bernie Sanders bedeviling Hillary Clinton while now-President Trump was tormenting Jeb Bush in 2015. The storyline went that Americans, fed up with the excesses of the elites, were embracing outsiders with radical ideas. It was, we heard, America s populist moment.