"The conservative movement lacks both the will and the capacity to stop Trump. Their plan to nudge him aside only made him stronger.

McLaughlin wrote last summer that the effort to depose Donald Trump would prove to be 'a test of character' for Ron DeSantis. In fact, it has proved to be a test of character for the entire party—a test that most Republicans seem happy to have flunked."

~ Christian Vanderbrouk

#Republicans #Trump #character #MoralVacuity #EthicsLite

https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/they-did-this-to-themselves

"Graham wanted the United States to stand up to tyrants overseas. And the bitter irony is that to achieve that, he was willing to compromise the rule of law in our own country."

#Trump #LindseyGraham #authoritarianism #evil #MoralVacuity #corruption
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"The story of Lindsey Graham is not that a United States senator submitted to an authoritarian for nothing. The truth is much more disturbing. The real story is that a senator who did have a backbone and did care about important issues submitted to an authoritarian anyway. You don’t have to be an empty suit to become part of this kind of evil."

~ The Bulwark

#Trump #LindseyGraham #authoritarianism #evil #MoralVacuity #corruption
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtEAYtX2YR0

Greg Sargent writes,

"Pence’s resistance to testifying will likely fail to realize his apparent political goals. In the end, many Republican voters will still remember him as Trump’s Judas. And his stonewalling will squander the good will his Jan. 6 stand engendered among everyone else.”

#MikePence #Trump #MoralVacuity #PrinciplesLite

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/16/mike-pence-subpoena-jan-6-investigation-trump/