Columnist David Corn warned on Tuesday that a certain "MAGA fabulist" has emerged as a potentially dangerous heir to the MAGA movement.
Corn was referring to Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), a junior senator elected in 2022 who has recently shown he is much more capable of translating Trumpism into a "coherent ideology that melds nativism and oligarchism." Corn wrote in a new column for The Daily Beast about one of Schmitt's speeches from November, where Schmitt laid out his vision for America.
Corn described Schmitt's speech as an "articulate and sophisticated embrace of blood and soil."
"His message was that America is a land not for those who have come here drawn by its ideals and promises but for those whose ancestors were on the wagon trains and who conquered the frontier," Corn wrote.
"All of this is present in the Trumpism espoused by Dear Leader," Corn continued. "But Schmitt more aptly combines explicit nativism, implied white supremacy, purported economic populism, and anti-elitism into a neat package, and he’s a damn good salesman for this noxious brew."
"Schmitt’s fact-twisting—the claim that Soros’ organization supplies bricks to violent protesters has been debunked repeatedly but remains a right-wing article of faith—and his amnesia about January 6 and other horrific violence from the right show that he is yet just another MAGA fabulist willing to lie and misrepresent to exploit hate, paranoia, and distrust to score political points," Corn wrote.
