Liz Cheney’s recent book, Oath and Honor, is enlightening. It’s more detailed, of course, than what you might get in an 8-minute sound bite on one of the networks. It corroborates details of just how slimy and impressionable– not to mention calculating– Kevin McCarthy and Josh Hawley and Mike Johnson, among others, were and still are (whatever happened to Kevin McCarthy, by the way?).
Ms. Cheney’s account clears up any doubts about what Trump—and those in his orbit—wanted to do. It was blatant election interference, leading to insurrection. Trump was mad, sitting in his high chair with a bib on, crying because his Cheerios were soggy. He picked a story and stuck to it, is still sticking to it, because he doesn’t know how to do anything other than double down and cling to the image of “winner.”
Fewer and fewer people are thinking of him as a winner. At best, he’s a poor sport. At worst, he’s a traitor, though maybe that’s a bit harsh. Trump emanates a vibe of not being smart enough to know better. Pure image, zero substance, at the mercy of his many delusions.
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