Posted on 06/19/2022 4:16:18 PM PDT by karpov
It’s understandable that Democrats would want to constantly revisit Jan. 6 — to invoke it, investigate it and sacralize it even.
It’s a mystery, at least from a certain level of abstraction, why Republicans would want to have anything to do with that day or want to fixate on the 2020 election.
The party is on the cusp of a midterm triumph, has enormous openings on the economy and education thanks to Biden administration stumbles and left-wing overreach, is making inroads among Hispanic voters and has a well-stocked political bench that Democrats should envy.
Yet the GOP is stuck litigating the past almost entirely because its putative leader in Mar-a-Lago is incapable of admitting error or defeat and will never stop trying to excuse and explain away his infamous conduct after November 2020.
You can argue that Jan. 6 wasn’t an insurrection; that the composition of the committee is unfair and lacks the adversarial element that has always been presumed to be central to the workings of such bodies; that the revelations or supposed revelations from the committee are being overhyped; and that Trump, whatever his failings, didn’t commit crimes and shouldn’t be charged with one.
In fact, I agree with every one of those propositions. But none of them makes Jan. 6 any better or makes it good.
It’s not quite true, as is often said, that every election is about the future. Republicans waved the bloody shirt of the Civil War for years. Democrats ran against Herbert Hoover for as long as they could. Republicans still talk about Jimmy Carter.
In all these instances, though, a party made a focal point of a low and embarrassing moment for the other side, not its own.
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Are these folks so stupid as to not realize if HE doesn’t keep his foot on the necks of these frauds , nothing will change and the steals will continue? Anyone that not will to fight with him does not deserve a nomination
Lowry was never a Trump fan. I was never a Lowry fan.
Trump will win. 100%. Lowry can continue being one of the never-Trumpers.
Trump may not have the personality needed. It would be nice to see him pick a VP who does, and allow him to do what needs to be done.
He should study up on Patton. That is what America needs. Join the battle and wade into them.
Can’t agree with much of anything Lowry is saying, however, I do think if Trump announces he’s running, he should probably drop it at that point and concentrate on campaigning for 2024.
We are tired of “reaching across the aisle” only to get our arms cut off. No more. We have a freaking mess right now and the whole thing can be traced directly to the Demoncrats and the GOPeahens who are on the take and who spit at the Citizens whom they were supposedly elected to represent. We are done, Deja Fini, over and out.
I’m of two minds. DeSantis will be a tougher target than Trump should he become the nominee. One advantage DeSantis has over Trump is that the Left can’t continually try him over J6 and DeSantis can point out as eloquently what the party needs to do in 2025 and beyond to keep the majority in Congress I hope we win this fall. Plus, he’s younger so the comparisons between him and Biden in health and vibrancy will be obvious to everyone. DeSantis was also consistently on the right side of COVID.
I’ll enthusiastically support Trump or DeSantis, don’t get me wrong. A big “no” to any Romney, Ryan or the rest of the RINO herd. I do think, however, that the Dems are hoping to hell that DeSantis isn’t on the ticket.
If you believe there was no significant fraud, then you're an idiot.
If you believe our Constitutional Republican can withstand letting this fraud pass without consequences....then you're an idiot.
Trump is the safe pick for 2024. After the disaster coming, we need a proven person. No more rookies at this time
People will vote for Trump as the safe pick..as crazy as it sounds but it is true
>>> The Constitution dies on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009 when ALL of our elected and appointed swore in the ineligible Kenyan from Indonesia.
I guess you could say that... not much difference I guess.
This election was just so in-your-face obviously fraudulent though.
I don’t really doubt that We The People actually voted for Obama.
Sounds like a ‘Rat RINO cuck.
Trump can run again only because he wasn't declared the winner. Move forward. Learn from last time. Don't let them do it again.
As for voters, I cannot believe anyone who says that Trump has lost his support. He had a record turnout in 2020, beaten only by the number posted for Biden. What in the past two years has happened that would encourage any Trump 2020 voter to vote for Biden -- or his replacement -- in 2024? Contrast that with Biden's performance which can actually be measured against Trump's performance.
The voters can see what kind of job each president did. The only wildcard is a Democrat replacement -- except that they'll want to continue Biden's policies, or they'll claim the problem was that Biden didn't go far enough!
But there isn't a replacement out there right now. No one that can rival Trump. Whoever out there on right-wing talk that posited that the only one who could tear away enough Trump voters would be Michelle Obama, yeah, I think they're a little crazy, but also a little sane. Maybe there's one other person out there that can whip up excitement among Dems and get them to turn out to vote. But if there is, we haven't seen them peak yet. And when they do, they'll have to get past the usual suspects, plus Bernie, and Hillary. (I don't care what she says -- as soon as it looks like Biden is fading, she's in it again.)
I ultimately was right about the guy and he was fired - have been speaking out ever since on things that just don’t add up - to hell with what other people think.
We Don’t need Lowry to tell Us wHAT WE WANT.
Another media know all hack.
The Kenyanesian Usurpation led directly to the Big Steal.
Boy, they are really going out of their way to try to get Trump not to run. They’re afraid now because Trump now knows how the deep state really works, the tricks they play and now he knows where to investigate where he’d ever to get into office again he would start dismantling their whole system. And they would deserve it.
They mean a chicken hearted, democrat-lite type.
No one WE want
Me either. None whatsoever. I want a candidate who will fight for fair elections and fight for what's right - no more McConnell-like subservient Republicans.
Rick Lowry of National Review, the Trump hating neocon HQ says we need to move on from the 2020 election. I say FU National Review and up yours with a red hot poker to Rick Lowry.
Great. Just what we need. A never Trump a-hole telling us that we shouldn’t support Trump.
What we should do is not listen to Rich Lowery.
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