Saturday, November 29, 2025

 

Electoral Subtraction

David Strom:

"No enemies on the right?" Nick Fuentes is not on the right, and he has declared himself to be an ENEMY of the right. Anybody who defends him as a potential ally is an idiot or disingenuous.

Which brings me to the next problem: coalitions are indeed additive, but they are also subtractive. Allowing people like Nick Fuentes anywhere near the entrance to our big tent means that others will exit it, and quickly, too. Voters rarely sit down and read through your policy platform; they evaluate you and the people around you.

Think about your reaction to the election of Jay Jones. It has little to do with what Jay Jones will do as Attorney General, and everything to do with what you think of his character. And much of the anger about his election is about what it says about the Democrats who voted for him or endorsed him.

It says a lot about Abigail Spanberger and the Democrats who supported Jones that they did, and nothing good. In my piece yesterday about the election of Jones, that was my point: voting for Jay Jones was a symptom of moral degeneracy. In other words, the "no enemies to the left" principle says something bad about the people who hold that view.

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