GOP’s future
As we stand at the crossroads of American politics, the recent weeks have added a new layer of complexity to the transformation of the Republican Party.
As we stand at the crossroads of American politics, the recent weeks have added a new layer of complexity to the transformation of the Republican Party.
Is it inevitable that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for US president for a third race in a row? To answer this question, we must understand the political dynamics in the United States at a deeper level than the headlines. The Republican Party is in the midst of a nearly unprecedented drama.
Two prominent Indian-American Congressmen have come out in support of Vivek Ramaswamy, who is seeking the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, after a televangelist targeted his Hindu faith in a recent sermon asking citizens not to vote for him.
Already, he has assailed the man whose endorsement he had courted when he sought office in Florida for fiscal mismanagement and for having destroyed the lives of millions of Americans with his flawed Covid-19 mitigation policies.
Parties representing aspirations of various segments of society are typical of identity politics which takes shape depending on various prevailing divisions in the society based on religion, language, caste, local culture, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic stratification and even shared wounds against a common enemy. The bigger the country, the more diversified is the society and stronger is the identity politics. India is no exception
Trump first ran for the White House and won in 2016, beating Democrat Hillary Clinton. He had earlier swept aside a large and wide field of Republicans in the primaries.
While the President has the power to veto a Bill passed by Congress, a two-thirds majority in each house of the bicameral legislature can override this. The Democrat-dominated House of Representatives had already overturned the veto.
The atmosphere became volatile and widespread suspicion about the involvement of outsiders is not wholly unfounded.
Political laziness and ignorance are largely behind the use of such terms as ‘patriots’ and ‘nationalists’, interchangeably. While both intrinsically…
“THE whole world is watching”: that was one of the most popular taunts when Chicago Mayor Richard Daley unleashed his…
