In case there was any doubt, the Republican Party is no more. The Republican National Committee formally announced its demise a couple of days ago by the way it censured the two Republicans on the House Select Committee investigating the violent coup attempt on January 6 last year.
"RNC said that the investigation is “...a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” ... Repeat ... "...ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse". !!! Oh boy.
This was a violent smashing into Congress that killed people, calling for then Vice President, Mike Pence, and duly elected Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, to come out of hiding. They had handcuffing zip ties on them and a noose with a scaffolding outside the Capitol. They had reserve forces hiding in hotels nearby with 15,000 rounds of ammunition. This was not a "legitimate political discourse". This was a violent attempt to overthrow an election. Which failed. Thank goodness.
Add to this horror is a speech that the Loser just gave at a rally in Georgia where he called for violence under the wink, wink calls for "protests" - "...I hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protests we have
ever had in Washington, D.C., in New York, in Atlanta and elsewhere" - for what reason? if he is indicted. Indicted. He knows the grip of the law is closing in and he wants his Cult to commit violence to keep him out of bankruptcy and prison.
And, oh yes, he made a very public and overt witness tampering statement when he promised pardons for those who would refuse to testify against him. He did that during his presidency, of course by praising Roger Stone for refusing to cooperate on investigations to his earlier crimes, and then pardoning him after he was sentenced.
I continue to hold hope and trust in the goodness of America. I continue to hope that actual Republicans will turn against and turn away from the demented autocrat trying desperately to escape from the consequences of his life of crime and bullying and cruelty. I praise Mike Pence for making a very public speech denouncing the Loser's false claim that the Vice President had the power to overturn the presidential election. I praise the courage and integrity of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for joining with the House Select Committee investigation into the violence of January 6, including the planning and buildup to that horrible day, and I hope that they can also investigate the concerted actions of the still active coup plotters as they have been and are plotting the next coup.
The question is, do the MAGA Cult need the Loser at all? For the RNC to decide on their own to declare January 6 to be "legitimate political discourse" could well mean they are way beyond any need of the former leader of the MAGA Cult. There has always been a white supremacist and a racist Christian Nationalist movement in this country since its founding. But until they saw themselves being openly courted by the Former Guy, they were fringe dangers. Now they run what used to be the Republican Party.
Not good for the Republican Party, or the United States of America, nor the world.
I can only hope that actual Republicans say no, and turn away from these dangerous people.
