best bit is here, look at the gloss chait gives to meatball ron's conspicuous cruelty:

But do these maneuvers actually resonate with the party’s rank and file? Many of his moves seem consumed with grievances that are only intelligible to those steeped in state-of-the-art right-wing social analysis.

vacuous culture war would be a sure winner, if only the rubes were smart enough to get it, lmao.