Erick Erickson takes a pulse and makes an honest assessment:
There has been a sustained effort to lie to Americans and, in particular, conservatives and Trump supporters. Many so internalized it, they thought God would grant a miracle yesterday and keep Donald Trump as President. Some still think he is coming back. One Qanon adherent, on a chat board, speculated that like Jesus, Trump would return in three days. More than one pastor has told his congregation that Trump would remain as President because God willed it.
A political movement this unhealthy and this wedded to lie cannot and, frankly, should not survive. There must be an internal accounting within the conservative movement and the people who pushed the kraken nonsense and the Qanon nonsense need to repent. We conservatives must clean up our own house or the voters will do it for us.
If it’s external signs you want, the ejection of a multitude of pastors from, at the very least, prominence, and, better yet, from their positions would be a good sign.
But I want to see a number of political tenets reassessed: regulation, taxation, Laffer Curve, toxic team politics, and adherence to amateurism should all be on the list. If they are not, that means the forces which led the Republicans into this mess will lead them into another one.
It’s either reform or dissolution, folks.
