[lazyasciiart]

> The recent ouster of Thomas Massie is a clear example of this

How?

[root_axis]

The outcome of his election was a referendum on Trump's performance among engaged Republican voters.

[lazyasciiart]

I don’t agree that even engaged republicans actually know what’s going on. In my experience some of them are the most hoodwinked - they literally believe that all the immigrants being detained are criminals, that everyone sent to CECOT was a terrorist, that DACA recipients have all been allowed to get green cards and just not bothered to, etc.

[philipallstar]

It was a referendum on all swing states and on black and Hispanic voters.