Republicans Played Twister with Trump Before Folding Like IKEA Furniture

KEY POINTS

•From 2016 to 2023, GOP figures like Lindsey Graham and Kevin McCarthy shifted from outspoken critics of Trump to fervent supporters.
•JD Vance, who once privately compared Trump to Hitler, is now running as Trump’s vice presidential pick on the 2024 ticket.
•Democratic socialist endorsements in June toppled multiple New York incumbents, signaling a possible shift and echoing early GOP submission stages.

Republicans didn’t jump on the Trump train; they got lured stage-by-stage like sitcom characters forgetting their own punchlines. In 2016, Lindsey Graham called Trump a 'kook,' while Ted Cruz labeled him a 'pathological liar,' and by 2023, Kevin McCarthy went from calling Trump responsible for Jan. 6 riots to groveling at Mar-a-Lago, only to get his Speaker crown yoinked. JK Rowling’s got nothing on the GOP’s magical transformation—JD Vance, who once called Trump 'America’s Hitler' in 2016, is now Trump’s VP sidekick. On the flip side, youthful socialist endorsements by Zohran Mamdani toppled Democratic establishment incumbents like House Chair Adrian Espaillat on June 23, showing Dems might be sprinting on the GOP’s treadmill of submission. Gallup reported Democrats now favor socialism over capitalism by a record 24-point margin—with millennials leading the charge. Will Democrats encounter the same 'Tea-Party Trap' that swallowed the GOP, or will Bernie and AOC resist the urge to go full Mar-a-Lago? Stay tuned for the ultimate political glow-up or meltdown, coming soon to a primary near you.