

Part of the success of the tea party was the DNC constantly pushing the party to the right. And as they pushed rightward the RNC kept going further to the right. No one that’s a potential threat to the party or party leadership are ever given any positions of power to threaten their existence until they fall in line.
The auto industry has been struggling for a few years, tariffs may have been the nail in the coffin that accelerated layoffs, but they’ve been coming for a while.