01-31-2021, 11:50 PM
SteveO wrote:
Rs have shown again and again that they are only interested in sheer power. Not in America, or in democratic values. I had a convo with my wife earlier today about how to rid the nation of the Trumpster mindset. We are both incredulous (shouldn't be, I know) that they continue to embrace these vile, violence-fomenting Q-Anon crackpots like Boebert, Greene, etc.
My thought for a possible fix is that several sane persons in R leadership...need to come out repeatedly and ATTACK WITH ALL THEIR POWER USING HARD EVIDENCE on Trump and all his lawbreaking, all his fomenting of violence, cheating, etc. It will take a very large, very dedicated effort to unseat this mentality. And Mitch McConnell is doubtless the person most capable of pulling all the levers to make this happen. Surely he has a file of Trump's dirty deeds laying around for just such an occasion.
I don't know if there's any sizable number of Rs left in "leadership" who can and will stand up for what's right. I also don't know if this is even possible, given that they've all pretty much given him a pass this entire time. The toothpaste is out of the tube, etc.
I read an article this morning saying that idiot Matt Gaetz (FL blowhard mini-Trump) went to Liz Cheney's district and held an anti-Cheney rally that was very well-attended. That they're going primary her. And that the Rs are gonna have "hearings" next week on her ability to remain a House member.
Aside from all that, I agree with the notion of not working with horrid people, of extending a hand only so far as it doesn't prevent us from helping all Americans and doing what it takes (goodbye filibuster) for getting our agenda into reality. As of this moment, right now, I believe the Rs are going to take the same tack against Biden that they took against Obama. Nothing but destruction and gridlock. We're already seeing that.
We've been waiting for them to come around for a long time. I believe that there will be a backlash and that some of them will do what you and your wife hope for.
In the meantime, we have to focus on defeating them at all costs at the ballot box. Enemies can come from anywhere. Not just the obvious places too.