Watching with interest....a lot of Banana Republicans, in the last couple of weeks......inching and crawling their way....away from Donald J. Trump
Well, over the last four years, they ignored one chance after another to stand up to Trump. Turned a blind eye (or simply averted their gaze) to Trump's xenophobia, conspiracy theories, exploitation of racial divisions, and personal corruption..... all the while, swallowing his insults. Former staunch critics like Ted Cruz and Lindsay Graham, morphed into total bootlicking MAGA men.
Not that there was any shortage of opportunities to make at least some sort of a stand.....to name just a few:
Denigrating American allies and cozening up to dictators
Muslim ban
End run around the Legislative branch to fund some of his Wall (all 6 new miles of it)
Downplaying Russian attacks on elections, throwing US intelligence agencies under the bus, for Putin, at Helsinki
Separating families at the border, putting kids in cages
Bypassing the Senate to name multiple acting Cabinet members, against the law
Helping the Saudis and their bone saw Prince, cover up the murder of a Washington Post Journalist
Calling American soldiers “suckers and losers.”
Trying to extort the Ukrainian president to help Trump dig up dirt on a political opponent
Gutting the ranks of inspectors general, to stifle genuine accountability of the executive branch,
Calling on his Attorney General to jail political opponents
Teargassing peaceful protesters, to make room for a photo-op
Not allowing witnesses or evidence at Trump's Impeachment Trial
All this, of course.... without even going into all the lies, deception, coverups and willful ignorance by Trump and many in his administration, which led to the disastrous US response on Covid. Which, in terms of denying science and spreading disinformation, and displaying total hypocrisy..... still continues to this day.
Do these people really think it is going to be that easy to wash all that stink off? Pretend that Trump was just the guy who brought the red hats and the tanning oil? Or hope that history will somehow fail to record and narrate their total cowardliness and lack of integrity?
My advice to these GOP flunkies.....is to just shut up, and prepare to take the medicine.