Prediction: Republicans who all of a sudden are “shocked” and “shaken” by the monster they helped create and have been nurturing for four years will NOT invoke 25th nor will they take any action against Trump. They will claim his lukewarm statement of an orderly transition /1
is proof that all will be well and no action is needed. You think a mob breaching the Capitol will make them develop a sudden case of integrity, after 4 years declining every opportunity to reign in the maniac? Don’t kid yourself. The outrage may be real, but so is the rot. /2
The @GOP will not remove Cruz or Hawley. They will excuse sedition in their ranks like they’ve excused four years of pissing on every institution, norm and principle that made the US a good country. Power justifies all means. Don’t hold your breath for accountability /3
Within their ranks or a check on the raving lunatic in the White House. Trump isn’t the only one who has been conditioned to expect impunity. Republicans have been building this shitshow block by block, for many years before Trump came along. From voter suppression to /4
racism, misogyny, gun fetishes and hatred for “liberals”, they encouraged and benefited from divisions, from pitting us against each other. They don’t gain or keep power by working across the aisle, but by inflammatory speech and extremism. Moderate voices lose in the polls. /5
None of this happens overnight. It’s a gradual acceptance of the abhorrent in exchange for another congressional seat, another vote for corporate tax cuts, another conservative judge conformation. Spare me the crocodile tears and the strong concern. Talk is cheap. /6
I’ll believe their words when they are followed by action. When there is a public mea culpa, an acknowledgement of the role each of them played in getting us to the storming of the Capitol, and the removal and prosecution of the people directly involved, including Trump. 7x
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