Trumpian right. Populists denigrate liberal edifices

[GoodTaste]

"The most dangerous threat in liberalism’s spiritual home comes from the Trumpian right. Populists denigrate liberal edifices such as science and the rule of law as façades for a plot by the deep state against the people. They subordinate facts and reason to tribal emotion. The enduring falsehood that the presidential election in 2020 was stolen points to where such impulses lead. If people cannot settle their differences using debate and trusted institutions, they resort to force.

Source: Gator Counrtry

Does "Populists" refer back to "the Trumpian right"?

The problem in my understanding is that both Hillary and Biden won the popular vote and the populists should have been referred to the people who supported/support Hillary and Biden, because the definition of "populist" is closely related to ordinary people. Yet in the OP, "populists" sounds to be negative (Trump supporters denigrate liberal edifices such as science and the rule of law). I am puzzled by the grammar.

 

[slevlife]

Being popular and being populist are not the same.

Populists can be anywhere on the political spectrum, and tend to divide society into the good common people and the corrupt elites. Although the word populist can be used in positive or neutral ways, it is also frequently used as a shorthand political insult.

This page on Simple Wikipedia might be more helpful than a dictionary entry: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism