'Chickens coming home to roost' after Trump shrinks GOP to MAGA loyalists: conservative

Donald Trump's supporters seem to believe he's invincible, but a conservative columnist laid out his electoral weaknesses.

The former president has campaigned throughout his political career – nearly a decade long at this point – by encouraging cult-like devotion from his base at the expense of a broad coalition of voters, and that only barely worked in his first campaign, wrote Daily Beast columnist Matt Lewis.

"Trump has consistently invited trouble — and I’m not even talking about his impeachments or indictments," Lewis wrote. "Indeed, from day one, Trump has chosen a style of campaigning and governing that focuses on narrowcasting and fan service directed toward his most rabid base, even at the expense of offending Reagan conservatives, suburban women, independents, etc."

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The former president and his GOP cheerleaders repeatedly threaten to purge disloyal lawmakers, candidates and donors, and some Republicans – most notably, Arizona's Kari Lake – simply refuse to accept losing election results and engage in acrimonious legal battles.

"Based on the way things are headed, come November, Donald Trump could very well receive a similar message from the people he dismissed as 'human scum,'" Lewis wrote. "The chickens, as they say, are coming home to roost."