Thread by @Johngcole

FWIW- a large element of the Republican party wanted to do all the shit they are doing now when Obama was elected. There is a reason I left the GOP in 2006. I saw who they were from the inside, which was believe it or not, uglier than the view from the outside.

It was supressed and people kept to themselves, and for the most part the elected Republicans were content to just reap the proceeds of their radicalized base, maintaining they were still in control.

It was still unacceptable to be openly racist. But social media and discussion forums changed all that, and they got together with likeminded folks, and started to think their awful views were commonplace and acceptable. "Hey, a lot of people think this, so it must be ok!"

Then with the tea party wave in 2010, a whole lot of real bottom dwellers started getting elected, and they, with the existing scum like King from Iowa and other nutters, devoured the party from the inside.

But then along came Trump, and he ripped off the curtain and let it all hgang out. "If the President hates bladck people and Mexicans, it must be ok, because he's the President."

And the media had no idea what to do it, nor did the Democrats, and you really can't blame them. How do you deal with people you know are abhorrent when one of them is the most powerful man in the world. There were massive failures- normalizing him, allowing his lies, etc.

The people who deserve the most blame are the Republicans who knew it was wrong but did nothing. The Sasse's, eternally concerned Susan Collins, etc.

And the fiolks like Erick von Erick who now all of a sudden shocked that the people he helped radicalize are... radicals. I mean look at Ben Domenech, the other founder of Red State. He's right there with Trump all along. Lord only knows what Trevino is up to.

I don't know where it goes from here. I don't know how it stops. It feels like a volcano that is going to erupt, and nothing can stop it. I feel that it may get bloody, very bloody. And we will be peppered with McVeigh like acts of terrorism for years into the future.

Because if you look at the Republican response to Wednesday, 120 House Republicans are, by all appearances, all in still. And who knows how many Senators.

It's ugly. Just stay away from Capitols, stay away from their protests and riots, and keep your friends and loved ones safe.

These guys really don't think you are a person or a citizen. Look at them beating and teargassing the Capitol Police and calling them traitors. And those are people they normally fluff.

You, on the on the other hand, are untermensch.

We're going to see a lot of violence and craziness in the upcoming days during the Beergut Putsch.