As Bloomberg notes, the biggest reason that Republicans in Congress and state officers are continuing to support Donald Trump, even as Trump becomes an increasingly marginalized figure, has nothing to do with pushing a vision for the nation, or even believing Trump’s claims about election fraud. The primary purpose is simply convincing Republican voters that their representatives are with them in doing everything they can to hurt Democrats.
Bills to torture trans youth? Check. Bills to roll back the voting rights of Black Americans? Check. Bills to make it legal to drive over those protesting murders committed by police? Check.
Even the idea that these bills could give Republicans a competitive advantage in the next round of elections could be a secondary effect. The primary purpose is in service of the narrative, and the narrative is: “We’re doing this because it hurts them.”
That’s why issues that don’t actually exist—trans girls triumphing over their cis-gender opponents, millions of illegal votes generated by voting machines, microchips in vaccines, and that globalist attempt to somehow depopulate the world by making people wear masks—are perfect issues for the modern Republican Party. Real issues have real solutions. Imaginary issues can’t be solved, which makes them endless engines for generating what Republicans really need right now: enemies.
Jan. 6 wasn’t the expression of a rational party seeking redress to genuine issues. It was the product of a hate machine that burns conspiracy theories as fuel, and produces white-hot hate for fellow Americans. That’s where the Republican Party is now. In terms of a positive agenda to move the nation forward … They have nothing. Which makes them extremely dangerous.
(via wilwheaton)
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