01-26-2021, 09:18 PM
Why are libertarians so blind to anything outside of their ideological bubble? Go observe today's GOP grassroots. They want Trump. Those anti-Trump are tainted and vice versa. This is why Liz Cheney and Cindy McCain are censured.
As for Rand, I hope he runs, though I have zero expectation of it. We don't even know if hes going to run for Senate again.
To be fair, no candidate ever shares the exact same base. You say Rand didn't have some of the base of Ron but Ron also shares a huge base with Trump yet Trump is villified on this forum. Trump's online supporters in general really like Ron and Rand. Support from the traditional party is general and tend to just follow whoever the president is. It can be argued that Trump had a unique grip on the party grassroots.
Rand did lose some of the purist libertarians, honestly nobody wants them anyways, they're not influential and aren't productive in this world. Tom Woods refers to them as POVERTARIANS. With the loss of those purists, he gained support in the general GOP base. Rand was considered a top tier candidate and did hit 24% in the crowded field before Trump entered.
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