Greetings. I am a voting constituent in rural west Texas.
Busy week coming up for America. The battle between hinged and unhinged continues. We hope we know which side wins, but the battle itself will be revealing.
I’m beginning to feel that Mitch McConnell’s hope to avoid a vote in the Senate on Tuesday has less to do with preserving democracy than it has to do with not putting his members on the spot by having to vote for or against reality. By not having them to have to own up to the quagmire they’ve been responsible for creating.
By forcing them to have to choose publicly what they know to be right versus their perceived political futures.
Obviously Sen. Hawley, at least, has made his choice. He has determined that because his constituents believe the election was stolen, that he too, must pretend the lie is true.
Then there are the voices on the other side. The voices trying to preserve the true heart of the GOP.
To excerpt Sen. Sasse: “When we talk in private, I haven’t heard a single Congressional Republican allege that the election results were fraudulent – not one. Instead, I hear them talk about their worries about how they will “look” to President Trump’s most ardent supporters.” They think they can “tap into the president’s populist base without doing any real, long-term damage,” he wrote, but they’re wrong. “Adults don’t point a loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government.”
And Mitt Romney. Trying to shake your party back to their roots by emphasizing that a government built on ideology rather than reality will inevitably result in politicians trying to force society to conform to the ideology. And when it does not, will turn to tyranny and violence.
Trump himself today retweeted an 8-minute video claiming that the Communist Party in China has secretly infiltrated America through Hollywood and newspapers and has bought Joe Biden. It urges “patriots” to defend America. To the tweet, Trump added: “January 6th. See you in D.C.”
This is an American President?
Point proven.
