the core of MAGA is not a trucker in a hat in a diner it’s the asshole local car dealer who owns a boat and treats the town like his own personal fiefdom
it's 80's movie villains all the way down
So basically it's the karen voters.
Or gym owner in my experience.
Trumplets, if you will
"Your intermittent reminder that your average Congressperson is the second smartest car dealership owner in their district." - John Rogers x.com/jonrog1/stat...
That's the kind of people who had the resources and free time to storm the capitol building on January 6th.
Trying to figure out what the Euro equivalent of these guys is. Massive tax evasion is a given: I’m a car guy, I *know* this city’s declared tax base cannot possibly support this number of Uruses, let alone the whole-ass Porsche dealership.
i will never not pass up the chance to post this great piece about the gentry class
Local Power and the Social Order
In my area, they also prop up the megachurch, which gets a lot of political work done offstage.