Opinion: Republicans Aren’t Changing Their Authoritarian Minds or Lying Ways
The 1/6 Committee hearings have not changed Republican minds about reality, only about Trump’s viability.
The 1/6 Committee hearings have not changed Republican minds about reality, only about Trump’s viability.
It has been pretty obvious, over the past few weeks, that the GOP has no interest in looking into the events of January 6th. Rather than taking a congressional panel seriously, Kevin McCarthy tried to make a sideshow of it by putting Trump sycophants like Jim Banks and Jim Jordan on it. The Republicans know…
In 2018, Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson made fun of Dan Crenshaw’s eye-patch during a spot on Weekend Update. Weeks later, Davidson apologized to Crenshaw on the show. Crenshaw used the moment to talk about how people of differing political parties could still get along. Since then, the Texas Congressman has regularly engaged in Twitter…
“Anti-Semitism, ok. Racism, ok. Alt Right, ok. Advocacy of pedophilia? Is THAT the bridge too far?”
“Look, anti-Semitic images – they’ve got no place in a presidential campaign. Candidates should know that…obviously they’ve got to fix that”
When pressed during a local Wisconsin interview, Paul Ryan admitted that the whole Romney tax plan is based on the trickle down theory that more tax cuts will magically bring growth and prosperity.