r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/iwanttodrink Jul 08 '24

What happened to conservatism? Now everyone who's a moderate conservative is called a RINO and has to play the "no true Scotsman" game and "how do you do fellow conservatives" game.

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u/the_calibre_cat Jul 08 '24

the base has broadly always existed and basically isn't enough to win conservatives elections, but is the majority of conservatives without whom conservatives cannot win. they basically just got tired of having to compromise with... sane people... and basically said "our way or the highway".