In Today’s GOP, Dishonesty Reaches to the Core

At the very center of present-day Republican politics lies dishonesty.  It’s called “The Big Lie” for a reason, but whether we’re talking about attempting to overthrow the entire government, or just committing smaller crimes, like stealing classified documents, there is really very little integrity left in the party at present.

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My suggestion for these people is to confess to exactly how bad all this is, and make a statement “re-establishing” their party, just like Wells Fargo did after it was revealed to the world that they were essentially a criminal organization.  Their rebranding tag line: “Wells Fargo–established 1852.  Re-established 2018.” 

Of course, the GOP will take their lumps in the next election or two, but I suggest  that’s better than being recognized, for an indefinite period of time, as career liars and criminals with no hope for redemption.

I once heard an anthropologist say that of the hundreds of cultures he had studied, from present-day to ancient times, there are exactly zero that tolerated dishonesty.  The demand for personal integrity is a universal characteristic of humankind.

This is something that the RNC might do well to consider.

As an action item, simply publish a list of every Republican at the federal and state level who threw his weight behind Trump after the 2020 election, and say, “We’re sincerely sorry.  Please vote to remove every single one of these despicable human beings.  We will never let anything like this ever happen again.”