Ep. 1676 Will the GOP Be the Same Without Trump??

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">Dr. Steve and Conrad discussed the dynamics and possible changes for the Grand Old Party if Trump should retire from politics.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong style= "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN">Highlights: </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt;" xml:lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">     </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">“Scholars recognize that rising birth rates among more rural religious folk and declining birth rates among secular cosmopolitan folk are already remaking and recalibrating the nation into a far more conservative religious landscape. These are the dynamics that gave us Trump in the first place."</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt;" xml:lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">     </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">“The demographics weren't there yet. We were still a thoroughly cosmopolitan Republican party. We are now a rural Republican party and we're seeing the shift in the electoral college much, much more towards those rural areas, especially with de-urbanization. So many people are leaving the cities.”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 9.0pt;" xml:lang="EN"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">●<span style= "font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';">     </span></sp