It's funny to me the power that you guys give MTG. She is roundly despised already in most republican circles. She does have a constituency that supports her, but we'll see how long that lasts when her funding dries up. The Republicans are going to do everything in their power to oust her, just watch. So, it's such a stretch to call her the face of the Republican party. The left has made her as a caricature of the Republican party, and it's a shame you can't tell the difference.

I do think you have legitimate concerns about what happens if Republicans can't push her out, though. I can remember asking dems to condemn AOC when she first showed up on the scene, and they justified it by saying she had no power and she was elected by her representatives. Well, now you get a different kind of crazy. When one group breaks the system, people will latch on to those who will fight to protect the system, even if they are crazy or extreme. When people feel the system is working for them, they don't seek to find outsiders. AOC is an absolutely fair comparison here. She's radical, she's outspoken, and she touts leftist conspiracy theories. Just because more people on the left believe them, don't make them any less crazy.

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