The anti-science thing is 100% from the GOP base rather than Trump, and yes, Trump is a follower here and not a leader. Go back before CV-19 vaccine denial and you'll find climate change denial from the pro-drilling wing of the GOP base and evolution denial from the evangelical/baptist wing of the base. The GOP has long been the anti-sci…
The anti-science thing is 100% from the GOP base rather than Trump, and yes, Trump is a follower here and not a leader. Go back before CV-19 vaccine denial and you'll find climate change denial from the pro-drilling wing of the GOP base and evolution denial from the evangelical/baptist wing of the base. The GOP has long been the anti-science party between the two. It's where Tom Nichols' "death of expertise" thing largely comes from because it applies to *data* just as much as scientific consensus. For example, no matter how many times the data shows that immigration is a net benefit for the country the GOP base will consistently be defined by anti-immigration stance--both legal and illegal. The GOP is the anti-data/science/expertise party and that comes from its base. It's denialists all the way down, and now it applies to election data in addition to all the other aforementioned data. The GOP is a party that's defined by willful ignorance and denialism at its core at this point.
The anti-science thing is 100% from the GOP base rather than Trump, and yes, Trump is a follower here and not a leader. Go back before CV-19 vaccine denial and you'll find climate change denial from the pro-drilling wing of the GOP base and evolution denial from the evangelical/baptist wing of the base. The GOP has long been the anti-science party between the two. It's where Tom Nichols' "death of expertise" thing largely comes from because it applies to *data* just as much as scientific consensus. For example, no matter how many times the data shows that immigration is a net benefit for the country the GOP base will consistently be defined by anti-immigration stance--both legal and illegal. The GOP is the anti-data/science/expertise party and that comes from its base. It's denialists all the way down, and now it applies to election data in addition to all the other aforementioned data. The GOP is a party that's defined by willful ignorance and denialism at its core at this point.
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