Republicans can’t govern, don’t want to

Created
Mon, 25/09/2023 - 23:00
Updated
Mon, 25/09/2023 - 23:00
No intervention in sight H. L. Mencken is not around to see history confirm his bleak, 1926 assessment of public wisdom. But nearly one hundred years later, his observation suggests that the mania of our age is not unique to it. Unlike Mencken, however, we are cursed today with having to live through it. Trumpism needs an intervention, but there is none in sight. The leading Republican presidential candidate for 2024 has no use for nor interest in learning what the Constitution says. Just elect him so he can again make a mockery of swearing an oath to uphold and defend it and be about pardoning himself for his federal crimes and wreaking vengeance on all enemies domestic and domestic. Especially on those who would dare prosecute him for crimes his presidential pardon cannot reach. Donald Trump thinks the Preamble begains, “ME the People.” Yet again Donald shows he has no idea of what’s in our Constitution. States run their elections as they see fit unless Congress overrides. Nothing in motor voter violates our Constitution. What it does is make our elections more representative of the people as a whole. pic.twitter.com/KpzeaPpo8M — David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) September 25, 2023 Trump says that Comcast and NBC are enemies of the people, should be investigated for treason, and suggests as president he will remove them from public airwaves. (They will probably cover this one) pic.twitter.com/EgCZ5MuRYW — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 25, 2023 What would a Trump 2.0 administration look like? Marcy Wheeler…