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Nevada IndependentLike so much of our politics, the first anniversary of the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 provided plenty of reminders of our deep division as a nation. Democrats spent the solemn day reminding us of the failed insurrections threat to our democratic institution, and that the threat continues. Republicans, meanwhile, for the most part spent the day downplaying the violence as its Instigator-in-Chief Donald Trump continued to spout lies about widespread voter fraud and a rigged election.
Then along comes Rove in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, calling on his fellow Republicans to stop drinking the Trumpian bathwater and sober up for the good of the country. Their continued Big Lie is not only bad for democracy, its also bad for the GOP in the long run.
My criticisms are often aimed at Democrats; on the anniversary of Jan. 6, Im addressing squarely those Republicans who for a year have excused the actions of the rioters who stormed the Capitol, disrupted Congress as it received the Electoral Colleges results, and violently attempted to overturn the election , Rove began.
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)I've been agreeing with Bill Kristol for months now. Joe Walsh. I suppose I can stand an occasional Rove.
I blame the Cubs winning the 2016 series, plumb upset the natural order of things....
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)I became a Cubs fan when I was 11 and came over from Germany and got a job working for the Tacoma Cubs....every year they break my heart
nycbos
(6,034 posts)leftstreet
(36,108 posts)Cheney, Rove, Kristol...
Where the fuck was all this talk during Trump's administration?
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)leftstreet
(36,108 posts)Proof Trump let McConnell and the neocons push through all the military funding and rightwing judges they wanted
They're just laundering their reps now
brooklynite
(94,588 posts)nycbos
(6,034 posts)He once tweeted
"The GOP tax bill's bringing out my inner socialist. The sex scandals are bringing out my inner feminist. Donald Trump and Roy Moore are bringing out my inner liberal. WHAT IS HAPPENING?"
Link to tweet
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electric_blue68
(14,906 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)We need to win - and win as big as we can.
FreeState
(10,572 posts)The flight was from DC to the west coast. He was very friendly and cordial. The plane was 90% gay men coming home from pride.
While his politics make me sick to my stomach, usually its always smart to remember they are people too.
badhair77
(4,218 posts)to bring them to my side. Not something that would happen immediately but I can chip away at the hate. Recognizing them as people can do that.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)brush
(53,784 posts)Machiavelli was right, "the enemy of enemy is my friend." I must qualify that though by adding, "for the moment."