Concern is mounting among high-ranking Republicans that the next generation of conservatives consists primarily of “rabid” “idiot” Nazis, according to a new report.
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GOP veterans have begun to fret that the pipeline feeding young conservative “talent” into government job has collapsed under the pressure of a Trumpist ideology that prefers sycophancy to smarts, Politico reported Saturday.
“We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots,” a senior GOP congressional staffer told Politico. “The organizations that bring young staffers to Washington, D.C. have spent the last decade prioritizing blind ideological loyalty instead of competence or intelligence.”
Politco argues the concerns amount to more than middle-aged griping about “kids these days.”
As organizations such as the Heritage Foundation have adapted their conservative beliefs to fit the MAGA mold, they’ve attracted a group of young people with serious problems, sources told Politico.
Those sources include four senior Republican congressional staffers, think tank scholars, Heritage expats, academics and up-and-coming young Republicans.
“Critics fear a decline of merit and skill,” Politico reported, “along with a tolerance for darker ideologies that could cripple the party’s ability to govern in the long run.”
The biggest problem for these conservatives are “groypers” — followers of the white nationalist holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and fellow anti-establishment right-wingers, according to the report.
“Prominent conservative commentators have alleged that groyperism is spreading among younger members of the GOP, including in government — a view seemingly backed by examples like the young Trump administration lawyer who admitted to a ‘Nazi streak’ in text messages revealed by POLITICO,” the report stated.
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“Others point to social-media posts from official government accounts that echo the language or memes of the online far right.”
Meanwhile young Republicans argue their elders are using groyperism complaints to dismiss their frustrations with the party’s relationship with Israel.
Marty Bertao, a Berkeley senior and president of the College Republicans of America, told Politico, “there is not this mass groyper issue.”
Rachel Bovard, the VP of programs at the Conservative Partnership Institute, added, “They’re counting as ‘groyper’ anyone who’s remotely anti-Israel.”
E.J. Fagan, an associate professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, fears the problem isn’t specifically groypers but social media — and pointed to E.J. Antoni, a Heritage economist, as proof.
President Donald Trump nominated Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but later rescinded after reports surfaced that Antoni ran a deleted X account that hurled sexual insults at former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Another source argued the problem is, as Politico described it, “a generation hooked on the conspiratorial musings of Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.”
“Five, eight years from now,” the source said, “if we’re reliant on people with this view of the world, we’re in serious trouble.”
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