Evan
Member
Does everyone understand this is going to get worse before it gets better? Even if we escape additional violence between now and the day after Biden's Inauguration, Trump's cult-like hold on the GOP is not going to be degraded one iota.
It's why so many GOP members of Congress are claiming that impeachment would be divisive or that the real issue from this week is Big Tech's power. Even after Trump urged his supporters to attack the Capitol, which almost resulted in their murder or public execution, the GOP members of Congress are still more concerned about maintaining Trump's approval and getting votes from his cult.
This isn't over. It's not going to be over for a long-time. There's no magical return to normalcy in a few weeks. Nothing is going to change unless and until the cult has been broken apart. The GOP shows zero signs it is interested in ejecting Trump from the party as long as there remains an electoral advantage in Trump keeping his cult together.
It's being reported that Trump plans a trip to the Alamo during the upcoming week. I'm sure that will end well. Gee, can't imagine why he'd choose the Alamo or how there might be any symbolism there. If Trump's Twitter account hadn't been suspended he'd have already disavowed his condemnation of the riots. But don't worry, he'll do that this week explicitly during this travels and attempt to gain a social media foothold elsewhere.
BTW, I'm glad to see Democrats are finally getting serious about domestic terrorism and terrorism in general. Of course the Republicans have now all largely forgotten all their rhetoric surrounding the attack on our Consulate in Benghazi. The Capitol riots are inarguably a much bigger intelligence and security failure than the Benghazi attacks, but who wants to bet the GOP acts 100% different when investigating the root cause of the events at the Capitol? Wouldn't want it to get out that Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar, Louis Gohmert, and the President of the United States States played direct roles in inciting a terrorist attack on US soil.
Think about the bolded sentence above. Does anyone disagree that's what happened? I'm serious. I'm not engaging in hyperbole. I believe that's the indisputable conclusion from this past week's events but I'd love to hear from anyone who sees things differently.
It's why so many GOP members of Congress are claiming that impeachment would be divisive or that the real issue from this week is Big Tech's power. Even after Trump urged his supporters to attack the Capitol, which almost resulted in their murder or public execution, the GOP members of Congress are still more concerned about maintaining Trump's approval and getting votes from his cult.
This isn't over. It's not going to be over for a long-time. There's no magical return to normalcy in a few weeks. Nothing is going to change unless and until the cult has been broken apart. The GOP shows zero signs it is interested in ejecting Trump from the party as long as there remains an electoral advantage in Trump keeping his cult together.
It's being reported that Trump plans a trip to the Alamo during the upcoming week. I'm sure that will end well. Gee, can't imagine why he'd choose the Alamo or how there might be any symbolism there. If Trump's Twitter account hadn't been suspended he'd have already disavowed his condemnation of the riots. But don't worry, he'll do that this week explicitly during this travels and attempt to gain a social media foothold elsewhere.
BTW, I'm glad to see Democrats are finally getting serious about domestic terrorism and terrorism in general. Of course the Republicans have now all largely forgotten all their rhetoric surrounding the attack on our Consulate in Benghazi. The Capitol riots are inarguably a much bigger intelligence and security failure than the Benghazi attacks, but who wants to bet the GOP acts 100% different when investigating the root cause of the events at the Capitol? Wouldn't want it to get out that Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar, Louis Gohmert, and the President of the United States States played direct roles in inciting a terrorist attack on US soil.
Think about the bolded sentence above. Does anyone disagree that's what happened? I'm serious. I'm not engaging in hyperbole. I believe that's the indisputable conclusion from this past week's events but I'd love to hear from anyone who sees things differently.