The entire MAGA rise has been framed as a war. We only really got back to Trump nationally after Jan.6 because (a) rich guys put aside their issues because they hated Lina Khan, (b) DeSantis has no personality, and (c) Democrats went too far left after George Floyd and it scared moderates. Add in the media ecosystem, which is dominated by right-wing guys who often speak of this “war for soul,” and we’re right back where we started. O’Hare is just a component piece of that, but he is over a pretty big county.