stuff like Elise Stefanik saying “Jim Jordan is the speaker for We the People” all makes a lot more sense when you account for the fact that the Trumpist GOP thinks that many, even a majority, of Americans don’t or shouldn’t count as “the People”
it’s really frightening. This guy is aware of it and admits it but I think for most GOP political actors it’s an unspoken/unrecognized belief that nevertheless guides their behavior and the arguments they’ll listen to
