It’s obvious the Republican Party has become dangerous; and saying so isn’t inflated partisan rhetoric, it’s merely recognizing what’s plain to see.
The party is led by an unscrupulous demagogue who lies and incites violence; its lesser elected officials endorse his lies, and refuse to hold him responsible for anything he does, no matter how egregious; its most visible supporters reject election results, brandish guns in public, threaten public officials, and talk of civil war, insurrection, and military coups.
Only two of the 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach Trump for inciting the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — and on the police guarding it — survived the first election they faced afterwards. They’ve been called “traitors,” and some were censured, by their own party.
It’s by no means hyperbole to say the GOP is dangerous. But I’m not the only person saying it.
Michael Hayden (photo above, bio here) is a serious man. He was an Air Force 4-star general, NSA director, and CIA director (under George W. Bush). Democrats criticized him for running an illegal domestic surveillance program and lying to Congress about it, and defending the Bush administration’s secret torture program. So he’s tainted, and he was booted from the CIA right after Obama took office. But whatever else he is, he’s a serious man.
When a Financial Times editor called today’s Republicans a dangerous political force, Hayden agreed. See tweet below, and read story here. If you like what Hayden did, and you have to be a hardcore conservative to like it, take a cue from him: Even Republicans can’t vote for this party in its present state. Until things change, it’s just too dangerous.
