Waiting for the Republican Reckoning
Why some NeverTrumpers tell themselves the GOP needs a spanking.
The work of politics always contains some form of lies.
This isn’t a cynical take on politics. Politics in democratic societies are not all about lies, but it will stretch the truth in order to tell their constituents what they want to hear.
One of the reasons, Donald Trump is such a disturbing aspect to American society and democracy is because he goes far beyond stretching the truth to outright falsehoods and fabrications. His lies are numerous in order to exhaust the public and destroy the truth.
But I’m not interested in Trump’s lies in this case. I’m interested in the lies that forces opposed to Trump believe in.
The lie in question here is this: the Republican party is so far to the right and so far removed from normal politics, that they will lose an election. In fact, that loss is necessary because once the party loses a number of times, it will wise up and change its trajectory.
I’ve heard this reasoning from Trump-critical conservatives many times over the years. To be honest, I’ve heard this take even before Trump came on the scene.
These people keep believing that somewhere down the road there will be a loss so…
