Is a New Sunbelt Populism Rising?

Is a New Sunbelt Populism Rising?

At a February 7th campaign event dubbed “Rally for Our Republic,” Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia assailed the Trump administration as the “most corrupt of all time,” asking rhetorically, “If you’re Steve Bannon, how do you sell any of this?” to the left-behind Americans who helped power Trump’s election victories. The widely circulated, pugilistic speech depicting Trump’s cabinet as part of the “Epstein class” was exactly the kind that…