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Terrified of Trump, GOP Embraces Him Anyway

October 13, 2021 · 10:30 am ET · Leave a Comment

Vanity Fair: “Picture this: You’re the head of marketing at a potato chip company and you’re reissuing the brand’s original flavor in the hopes of boosting holiday sales. One day your team receives an email from Adolf Hitler’s great-great-nephew, who says he wants to help the campaign by filming a short video declaring that the chips in question were ‘Uncle Adolf’s favorite,’ with a little anecdote about how he ‘actually invaded Poland because someone set him off by eating the last bag in his stash.'”

“You’d probably want to do everything in your power to ensure this didn’t happen, as it wouldn’t be ideal for your product to be associated with one of the worst people in history, right? If you’re vigorously nodding your head in agreement, you now have an idea of how Senate Republicans feel re: Donald Trump being the face of the party in the next midterm and presidential elections.”

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