Because we have seen this sort of pusillanimity so often, it’s easy to miss how the GOP’s post-presidency capitulation is different than ones that came before.
This time, there is no excuse. (Thread)
morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-go…
This time, there is no excuse. (Thread)
morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-go…
Trump is no longer president: there are no judges; no tax cuts to be signed; no regulations to be slashed. Mexico is never going to pay for the f*cking wall.
There aren’t even tweets.
There aren’t even tweets.
For the last four years, we were assured that coddling Trump was the necessary price to advance a “conservative” agenda.
Charlottesville was awful. Kids in cages appalling. His ignorance and feckless botch of the pandemic alarming.
Charlottesville was awful. Kids in cages appalling. His ignorance and feckless botch of the pandemic alarming.
But this was the bargain they signed up for. It was worth ignoring the lies, the corruption, the racism, and incitements because Gorsuch…. and Kavanaugh… and Barrett.
But now he’s gone.
But now he’s gone.
There aren’t going to be any more justices; no jobs for friends; no more rides on Air Force One.
The Faustian Bargain has expired.
The Faustian Bargain has expired.
And even for the Flight 93 crowd, the choice is no longer binary. They can’t rationalize their support by pointing to the dark alternatives of Trump vs. Hillary, or Trump vs. Socialism.
Now it’s just naked Trump. The vote is up or down.
Now it’s just naked Trump. The vote is up or down.
The alternative isn’t socialism, or wokeness, or caravans of Mexican rapists.
The alternative now is drawing a line against sedition.
And the GOP can’t do it.
The alternative now is drawing a line against sedition.
And the GOP can’t do it.
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