Trump proved that the “moderate” right would tolerate the inclusion of actual Nazis, white supremacists, and other fringe right-wing groups (along with previously unaffiliated weird counter-culture groups like antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, flat earthers, etc) as long as meant they won elections and got their supreme court picks.
The “moderate” objection to extremists was always nothing more than a fear that it would cost them elections, it was never really an ideological or moral position.
Trump proved that the “moderate” right would tolerate the inclusion of actual Nazis, white supremacists, and other fringe right-wing groups (along with previously unaffiliated weird counter-culture groups like antivaxxers, conspiracy theorists, flat earthers, etc) as long as meant they won elections and got their supreme court picks.
The “moderate” objection to extremists was always nothing more than a fear that it would cost them elections, it was never really an ideological or moral position.
It’s a big tent, and they let the Nazis in. So now it’s a Nazi bar, and kicking them out would now be a Problem.