A posting from my Facebook page today.
I posted this blog entry on 4 May 2016, long before Trump became president or even the Republican nominee.
Why do I post this again here and now? To say "I told you so?" Frankly, yes, in part.
But I also want to rub some noses in this in order to drive home a hard lesson. If you act like a child and play with fire, you'll get burnt. While all of these past four years have been shocking they've not been surprising. The utter capitulation of the Republican Party has shocked (and saddened) me. I thought there were more patriots among them. And now, today. I remain hopeful that these events today represent the death throes of a dying regime. But even when Trump is out of the White House, we know that far too many Americans aren't committed to democracy and the rule of law. That is truly frightening. Folks committed to democracy and the rule of law--including former Republicans and anti-Trump Republicans--have gained the upper hand for now. An electoral battle has been won. But we're in a long struggle to win back our American heritage. To bring back our fellow Americans to the value of democracy and the rule of law.
My concluding words from my blog of May 2016:
"I join him [Andrew Sullivan] in urging everyone concerned with the well-being of our Republic to take heed of his warning. This is no longer an issue of party victory or a time to gloat over the collapse of any semblance of respectability in the GOP. It's more serious than that. Much more serious."
These words apply today and for times to come.
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