'What happened to the party?' Columnist calls out GOP's new 'victim complex'

The GOP appears to be making a big mistake with its messaging to a key voting bloc that helped President Donald Trump win the White House, according to one columnist.

New York Post columnist Rikki Schlott argued in a new op-ed on Wednesday that the GOP's new message to young men, who shifted rightward during the last election, is that they're victims of illegal immigration, feminism, and campus free speech issues.

"This is the sort of victim complex conservatives recently accused the left of promoting," Schlott wrote. "What happened to the 'pull yourself up by the bootstraps' party?"

Schlott pointed to the "doomerism" promoted by lawmakers and influencers on the right as one of the drivers of the party's victim complex. For instance, there are figures on the right, like Vice President JD Vance, who tell their base that they can't afford a home because there are too many immigrants in the country.

Right-wing influencers like Andrew Tate also promote misogyny and fundamentalist views of religion.

"Young conservative men are being told that it’s impossible to get a house, a girlfriend, a job, even get off their phones," Schlott wrote. "Yes, these might be real challenges, but politicians insisting life is nothing but an uphill battle is toxic."

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