They are inseparable from the Big Lie because they are the ones who fought hardest to vindicate Trump's claims. The insurrectionists are the symbols of grievance, the symbols of absolute loyalty to Trump and the angry and aggrieved victims who are at the center of every Trump political demand, every argument. (Alas, if polls are any guide he is going to get obliterated in the GOP primary.)įor Trump everything is the Big Lie, everything is the "rigged election", which is to say everything is payback, retribution and grievance about being driven from power. But now that sucking up to Trump is a necessary precondition for getting the votes of the hooting rubes, Vance will abase himself. Vance knows Trump is a monster, and said as much when it seemed like Hillary Clinton was going to win the 2016 election. ![]() Otherwise, he'll never get power, you see: Trump is "the leader of this movement," he told Time, "and if I actually care about these people and the things I say I care about, I need to just suck it up and support him." Because Trump commands such loyalty among the Republican base, when Vance's 2016 tweets criticizing Trump for being morally abhorrent resurfaced, Vance had to grovel at Trump's feet for days. Vance, who is trying to get elected to one of Ohio's Senate seats, is in the latter category. The financial executive and conservative author J.D. There are basically two kinds of Republican politician: delusional Trumpist true-believers, and amoral cynics who will say or do anything to get power. Trump's putsch apologia is extremely unpopular, but Republicans have already given themselves no choice but to go along with it. ![]() ![]() This is a golden political opportunity for Democrats, if they aren't too cowardly to take it.
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