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The GOP Is Still Here and Trumpism Isn’t Gone
Big hypocrite energy is still in our Congress. Make it stop.
For months prior to 45’s departure, speculation ensued that as soon as disgraced former President Donald J. Trump was out of office, the Republicans would run from him like America did his bleach injection comments. In almost every off-the-record political piece written there was a consistent theme of some type of quiet objection from the GOP. Murmurs of their fears of retribution if they dare object to his willful ignorance, blatant racism, and overall authoritarian whims allowed for the creation of empathy for their cowardice.
We read comments like, “this isn’t who the Republican Party is — they are being held hostage by a madman.” We clung to this idea that the entirety of Trumpism would fade into the dark cold night as soon as his exit was finally solidified. Americans told themselves this tall tale because the alternative was too much to bear. The alternative being that Trump is the GOP and the GOP is Trump. And the truth is that the GOP isn’t unwilling participants in the destruction of our democracy but instead they are willing accomplices.
During Trump’s four-year reign of terror, the GOP backed him 100%. They made legions of excuses about his abusive rhetoric and childish tantrums. When the insurrectionist…
