None of those Republican lawmakers believe The Big Lie. Their job is to sell their voters their support of The Big Lie as a salve to the sore-loser voters. Supporting The Big Lie is both a waste of time AND very dangerous. It’s a waste of time, because without analyzing the 2020 losses, Republicans won’t be able to carry their message in…
None of those Republican lawmakers believe The Big Lie. Their job is to sell their voters their support of The Big Lie as a salve to the sore-loser voters. Supporting The Big Lie is both a waste of time AND very dangerous. It’s a waste of time, because without analyzing the 2020 losses, Republicans won’t be able to carry their message in 2022. It’s dangerous because Republicans have no interest in selling their brand, but instead, they push the cheating rhetoric to disenfranchise voters and stay in power without representation.
Jane Dough is a great moniker, even if it is your real name. As to what GOP lawmakers really believe.... Of course some GOP lawmakers are surely willing to lie about The Big Lie so as to achieve objectives to which they will not yet admit. At least I assume so based on my imperfect understanding of human nature. However, what people really think and/or believe is known only to them. Our real thoughts are our last remaining secrets, try as Facebook, Google, etc. do to pry them out of us. Of course actions speak louder than words, but I have not seen any actions that would contradict my suspicion that many GOP pols are, in fact, true believers in the church of Trump. They have even burned one of their own (poor Liz Cheney) at the stake, and a new Inquisition may be waiting in the wings. And this is only the beginning....
None of those Republican lawmakers believe The Big Lie. Their job is to sell their voters their support of The Big Lie as a salve to the sore-loser voters. Supporting The Big Lie is both a waste of time AND very dangerous. It’s a waste of time, because without analyzing the 2020 losses, Republicans won’t be able to carry their message in 2022. It’s dangerous because Republicans have no interest in selling their brand, but instead, they push the cheating rhetoric to disenfranchise voters and stay in power without representation.
Jane Dough is a great moniker, even if it is your real name. As to what GOP lawmakers really believe.... Of course some GOP lawmakers are surely willing to lie about The Big Lie so as to achieve objectives to which they will not yet admit. At least I assume so based on my imperfect understanding of human nature. However, what people really think and/or believe is known only to them. Our real thoughts are our last remaining secrets, try as Facebook, Google, etc. do to pry them out of us. Of course actions speak louder than words, but I have not seen any actions that would contradict my suspicion that many GOP pols are, in fact, true believers in the church of Trump. They have even burned one of their own (poor Liz Cheney) at the stake, and a new Inquisition may be waiting in the wings. And this is only the beginning....