As we know the Republicans are calling for Trump to be left alone, to make peace and not dangerously rile his followers.
By this we know two things which should have been blindingly obvious for a long time.
Republicans, as seen in Congress, not ordinary American members of the party, are:
- not the party of law and order and
- not conservatives.
The are the party of law and order for everyone other than themselves. They seem to think they are the sacred elite who can do anything and never have to face up to responsibility for their actions.
They spent years upon years chasing the Clintons and failing to get anywhere, but with one of their own who is blatantly and repeatedly corrupt they are prepared to look the other way to “make peace”.
With the last impeachment, they decided not to hear the evidence and not to bring Trump before them to testify; well he might have perjured himself out of habit and that would have been bad – for them.
There would be screams if the Democrats had done this with either of the Clintons, but the Democrats believed that law applied to everyone. So the Clintons stood before the bar and the committees to answer questions. Republican elites apparently don’t have to do that.
It also seems perfectly ok to these Republicans to demand long prison terms for BLM rioters, but to excuse Trumpists and neo-fascists. Is this a surprise, or is that the normal policy of privileging their own side?
We know these Republicans are not conservatives as they have spent the last forty years ripping down the checks and balances that protect ordinary people from capitalism and the misfortune which can affect anyone, while making sure the wealth made by workers goes to the hyper-wealthy in a truly vast piece of social engineering. We can also note that because of their media, they have been able to use the justified discontent of majority America at the results of these policies, to get support to do even more of this social engineering.
Here they seem to be simply demonstrating they have no respect for truth, impartiality, tradition, responsibility or anything other than their victory, and the victory of the hyper-rich they represent. Victory is all. Obliteration of opposition is all. This is not Conservatism.
It is true that Republicans would face difficulties if they impeached Trump for lying about the election to overthrow the result and for his stirring of ‘insurrection’ to impose more neoliberal dominance. If Trump is impeached for this, then what do they do about the 130 or so other Republicans who also lied about the election and attempted to overthrow the result, or at least cast doubt on the result? Should those Republicans be cast out of office as well, with fresh elections for their seats, or should we just go along with the idea that Republicans can do anything and its ok?
Its clearly a moral quandary.
Given this lack of respect for law and tradition, the Republicans do appear to be a party of proto-fascists. That could well be why they don’t want to offend those neo-fascists who support Trump, as those people could form Republican shock troops.
The real question remains whether Republican Elites will bring peace by standing up for principles, and making sure that the message is given that it is not acceptable to lie, cheat and threaten violence, or whether they will just protect themselves, and declare anything is ok if it could bring Republicans more power to oppress everyone else.
The request for peace, is a request to let their bygones and failures be bygones, so they can keep steaming ahead to more of the same.
Anyone who was conservative and in support of law and order, should recognise this.
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Endnote:
There are people commenting that some Republicans want to impeach Trump, but their and their families lives have been threatened if they do [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. I clearly don’t know the truth of these allegations, but they are not improbable. We should remember that Trump was refused the rights to a Sydney casino because of his ties with the NY mafia. We should also remember the Right’s Stochastic Terrorism, anyone could be being threatened, when news commentary says “if we don’t stop the impeachment of Trump, then people might get hurt” – rather than “we should stand up to intimidation”.
Sadly this shows where Trump has led the Republicans. While it is easy for me to say, it is probably true that if you yield to terrorism and threats of terrorism, then you will face more terrorism, and the demands will get more and more intense.
You have to stand up for principle, or you will be chained by violence.
It is also true that a Republican Party which was in favour of Rule of Law, and was Conservative, would publicize the threats, and their stance against them, to show they could not be swayed in this manner.
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