And yet another Republican investigation blows up in their face! The FBI agent who was a star witness in the Hunter and Joe Biden probes being driven by the Republicans was arrested yesterday and charged with lying to the FBI! Perhaps if some of these MAGA Republicans and other Trump sycophants were more interested in actually doing something constructive they wouldn’t end up with egg on their faces day after day because of these pointless investigations.
There are, of course, all the motions that the impeachment queen, Majorie Taylor Greene, made to reduce the salaries of those she doesn’t like to one dollar. That will certainly help the country! There is the wasted vote to impeach Secretary Mayorkas, not because he has committed anything close to a ‘high crime or misdemeanor,’ but simply because they don’t like the way he does his job and need some campaign fodder. There are all the subpoenas that Jim Jordan issues with no other purpose than to harass those who are involved in prosecuting his Orange Jesus for real crimes. And who can forget the Republican demand to include border security in the aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and then they killed it at the last minute because Donnie told them to. And now, to add insult to injury, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has recessed the House until Feb. 28th. It is absolutely absurd how ridiculous this Republican congress has gotten. It’s like a cross between a Fellini film and a Dali painting.
Like I said yesterday, the GOP now stands for Gutless Obstructionist Party and if I could figure out how to work in the ‘S’ for ‘Stupid’ and the ‘L’ for ‘Loser,’ I would include those as well. Then it would be SLOP, Stupid Loser Obstructionist Party. Then again, maybe I’m on to something! There was a time when, in my naivete, I thought congresspeople were somewhat principled and more statesman like. Now so many of them just seem like buffoons doing tricks for Fox News and the MAGA base like the seals at the zoo! I would like to be more positive and not so cynical but these clowns make it really difficult.
Trump and the Republicans keep flogging the immigration issue thinking that is going to be their winning election cudgel. They keep talking about how all these immigrants are bringing crime to the US. Interestingly, I read a synopsis of a book yesterday by two criminologists who completely debunked that myth. The data just don’t support those allegations. The fact is, more crimes are committed by U.S. citizens than by immigrants. My guess is that many Republicans know this but, just like Trump’s big election lie, they continue to keep this falsehood alive because it serves their political needs. It has become clear with the Republican party that putting the country first has become so old school. Now, it’s all about bowing before and kissing the butt of Donald Trump.
All these things. at least in my humble opinion, just show how desperate and fearful the Republican party is. They know many of their policies are not popular with a majority of Americans and their base is shrinking. In their minds, all’s fair in love and politics, including lying, cheating, threatening, and obstructing necessary and reasonable legislation. The only question is will the damage inflicted upon this country ever be reparable as the MAGA Republicans help Trump edge us closer and closer to the abyss of authoritarianism. Putin must be laughing his ass off!!
