But not the consequences which you might expect.
Sen. John Cornyn (Tex.), the second ranking Republican, attributed the divisions in Washington to wounds inflicted by Trump’s election in 2016, which he said “half the population can’t seem to get over.” [WaPo]
Yes, Senator. More than half of those voting voted for the President’s opponent, and thus feel cheated. Their new President is an utterly inveterate liar and cheat, a stealer of glory and unjustified boaster, and so they feel the reputation of their country and themselves is besmirched by not only their President, but by everyone who supported him and continues to support him. They can’t get over it? Are you kidding? You’re being told that you and your Party are incompetent failures, and you think you can’t get over it?
Senator, elections have consequences, but it’s not going to be just the theft of a SCOTUS seat or two, and the ravaging of the environment and possible demise of this country. We’re already seeing States modifying their Presidential selection criteria to properly reflect the popular vote. We’re seeing the Republican brand damaged by the extremists who’ve taken over the party, the incompetent governing, beginning with Trump and extending right down through the ridiculous antics of McConnell and Ryan, down to the candidates for the current mid-terms who think that being a good little Trump-lover is the essence of being a member of the national legislature, and they need to be nothing more.
And all of us who are not encased in the pathological Republican bubble are not getting over it. We may express it through anger, but the truth is often this:
We mourn your loss to us.
We mourn that your Party has decided to cling to power through mendacity, to ideas outmoded by reality, to deny realities which threaten our very survival when their existence erodes the dominance of your ideals, to illicitly tarnishing the reputations of your political opponents, to debasing our treasured political discourse, to the treatment of political elections as all-out warfare where gerrymandering, suppressing the votes of minority groups, and other such tactics are considered fair and proper.
Your behavior is diminishing for you, for us, and for the system of government to which we’ve sworn allegiance. We already know that China is taking advantage of your behavior to advance their propaganda that their system of government is better. Is this really what you want, Senator?
Think about that statement you made, Senator. You may wish to retract it.
An Angry Citizen
