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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He found a grift by pandering to the rubes.[/quote]

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Grifters grift. [/quote]

I don't think this is just a grift. After the popularity of his book, he was given a number of platforms including tv appearances, speaking engagements and venture capital etc. After his initial surge in popularity, he tried to be a thoughtful, reasonable, nuanced voice speaking to what he saw as some of the structural problems in this country. He just realized that this was not viable for him in a post-Trump era and pivoted era.

Heard much from Ramesh Ponnuru lately? Yuval Levin? Reihan Salam? Erick Erickson? These guys were, at one point, supposed to be conversation-shapers at the vanguard of new conservatism and J.D. was dabbling in that conversation and ideological hand wringing. Trump has sucked all of the energy out of the room and now political branding is defined by reference to Trump, until he is off the scene for good.

Unlike someone like Trump, JD has been thinking about running for public office for quite a while and curating his steps with that in mind. He fashions himself a serious person and a serious thinker. But you have to survive in this game. He made his choice, but I don't think it was all a grift, so much as it was an attempt to keep his fledgling political career from running into immediate headwinds.[/quote]

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