The Republican party has never before been so divided as it is today.
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On the one side, we have a young Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, one of ten Republican Congressmen who voted to remove Donald Trump from the office of the President of the United States. A 42-year-old US Air Force veteran is currently running a campaign PAC under the slogan "Country 1st," which is a new movement on the right side of the political scene. No wonder Kinzinger is invited to almost all mainstream media outlets, including prestigious shows like NBC's "Meet the Press." Kinzinger is echoed by Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming in her rhetoric of resolutely distancing herself from the former President Donald Trump. It was she who appeared last week in an exclusive interview on FOX television. It is worth realizing that behind the GOP's ("Grand Old Party") criticism of Trump's politics are great Republican family clans and groups of oil lobbyists and arms companies connected with them, who have not been, and are not keen on the GOP being kidnapped by Trump.
The turning point in GOP policy is the date of January 6 and the interpretation of what actually happened. Indeed, as NBC reports, after January 6, there were declines among registered Republicans in the states of Pennsylvania - 12,000 people, North Carolina - 8,000 people, Arizona - 9,200 and California - 4,700. These are only initial data.
On the other side, we have Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who — along with Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz — are the hard-hitting defenders of Donald Trump's policy. In the background, we observe controversial, borderline-fantasy theories about a Jewish satellite that uses a laser to light up California [fires] every year, etc. More and more serious politicians are pointing out that conspiracy theories along the lines of QAnon should cease to have a significant impact on American politics. One of them is undoubtedly Republican Senator Benn Sasse of Nebraska, who — in his latest speech — reminds his conservative colleagues and voters that believing in one dominant personality is not conservative, that conspiracy theories are not conservative, and that telling stories about stolen elections is not conservative.
The former Senator John Danforth from Missouri had the most sharply worded statement about the situation in the GOP so far. According to him, the GOP has become a "grotesque caricature", implementing a populist program straight from developing countries.
Meanwhile, the leaders of the Senate and Congressional GOP try to alleviate the problems. The Senate did not remove President Trump from the political scene by 57-43 votes cast. The Republican party is on a proverbial bend, and this is an extremely good situation for Democrats who, through President Biden's decrees, implement their agenda. Let us just recall that President Biden has so far signed 29 presidential decrees, bypassing the parliamentary debate, leaving the GOP far behind the constitutional discussion about the future of the United States.
This article was originally published in the «Solidarity» Weekly.
Translation from Polish by Andrew Woźniewicz.
