Why Republicans Can’t Cut the BS

The note here from a reader.

I’ve noticed in life that when you do something wrong for the first time, say, tell a certain lie, your conscience kicks in hard to prevent you from doing it.  If, however, you go ahead and do it anyway, the next time you do it, it’s a piece of cake.

The same principle applies to Trump supporters.  If Trump arrived on the political scene today, and it was clear that he was a pathological liar and career criminal, he’d get no more support than Hitler or Stalin would if reincarnated.

The problem is that they embraced him when he showed up in 2015.  They liked the America First / MAGA rhetoric, and they couldn’t admit to themselves that his actions contributed exactly zero to making life better for the common American. They watched the dozens of felonies and listened to more than 30,000 lies in devout silence.

Now, they’re asking: What’s one more crime?  What’s one more lie? No big deal.