Republican Senators in a Bind that Pits Ethics Against Practical Concerns

GOP Senator Ben Sasse: “When we talk in private, I haven’t heard a single Congressional Republican allege that the election results were fraudulent — not one,” Sasse wrote. “Instead, I hear them talk about their worries about how they will ‘look’ to President Trump’s most ardent supporters.”

Given that these people are dishonest cowards, I get where they’re coming from.  Three-quarters of Republican voters believe the election results were fraudulent, and we’ve learned recently that nothing is going to change their minds.   Certainly not the lower and appellate courts, nor the ultraconservative U.S. Supreme Court.  So here we have 50+ million people who are seething, steaming in the certainty that the election was stolen from their leader who was sent by God Himself to make America great again.

Something’s got to give.  Yes, it would be good if these senators were people of integrity who would simply say, “Look, America, Biden won, and there is exactly zero evidence of anything else.  Let’s get on with the job of fixing what’s wrong with America and work together to find and implement solutions to our collective problems like the pandemic and stagnant wages.

If there ever were a season of hope, it’s the New Year.