For the GOP, terrorism is an option

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When you're God's chosen, nothing matters and anything's possible. For the GOP, terrorism is an option.

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For the GOP, terrorism is an option
When you're God's chosen, nothing matters and anything's possible.
stoehr.substack.com
9:34 AM · May 14, 2021

https://stoehr.substack.com/p/for-the-gop-terrorism-is-an-option

The Republicans in the United States House of Representatives voted this morning to install New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik as chairwoman of the House GOP conference, replacing Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney. As you know, Cheney kept telling the truth about the former president, meaning he’s a treasonous loser, while Stefanik kept winking at the lie that Donald Trump is the legitimate president.

I’ve talked this week about what all this means. The Republicans are now officially an anti-democracy party. They are also an anti-policy party. They can get almost nothing done, because their leaders are 100 percent focused on stopping nearly everything from getting done. All of this is obvious. It’s exhausting having to point out the truth to those unwilling to see it. (Not you!) But since it’s the end of the week, and I’m tired anyway, I may as well go the distance. The Republicans are now a pro-terrorism party.

Insurgencies are attempts to use violence for political ends when normal channels stop producing desirable results. In other words, the January 6 insurrection was terrorism. Anyone siding with it, even in the least, is complicit.

The seeds were planted on January 6. They have been watered every day since by nearly all the Republicans in the United States Congress who failed to indict the former president, who failed to convict the former president, and who have otherwise minimized, overlooked, sidestepped or even defended the sacking and looting of the United States Capitol, an attempt to overthrow our republic worse than the September 11 terrorist attacks. Insurgencies are attempts to use violence for political ends when normal channels stop producing desirable results. In other words, the January 6 insurrection was terrorism. Anyone siding with it, even in the least, is complicit.

Getting rid of a truth-teller like Liz Cheney, and replacing her with a bootlicker like Elise Stefanik, is not something ideologues do out of fear or cowardice. It is a rational process by which they follow what appear to be rational but amoral incentives. This morning, after the House GOP voted, Stefanik said, “Voters determine the leader of the Republican Party, and President Trump is the leader that they look to. He is an important voice in the Republican Party and we look forward to working with him.”

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1. I don't care about the GOP.

Whether they want to die of covid, die at the ballot box or die, the next time, they try a coup at our nations capital, because next time...they will be met there with bullets!

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2. I hadn't thought about Republicultists' attitudes in that specific way before now. But, ...

other pointing out that the cult is working very hard at voter suppression and may actually be getting it done, I have to agree with Mr. Stoehr's assessment.

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3. Yikes. I can't get past her dress...

Sorry for being snide--even when targeted towards a Trump sycophant, but yikes. 'Like the color but Not flattering.