Let's be clear: Republicans could stop all this chaos tomorrow if they wanted.

[kentuck]

But they do not want to stop it.

They still see some political advantage in it.

Trump could do none of this if he did not have the support of the Republican Party.

It's a simple truth that we tend to forget in all the mayhem and threats.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. They're all in business together.

Let that sink in.

[WmChris]

3. Heritage Foundation

It's deeply ingrained in the whole Republican opreation. They seem to be able to control the narrative and activities of the GQP.

[DSandra]

2. If this is political advantage to them...

They are psychos.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. They are definitely psychopaths. Along with about 30% of the USA.

Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

https://democraticunderground.com/100220958226

[Scrivener7]

4. But they won't, so Democrats are our only hope.

[Thunderbeast]

5. ....and the 70 Million people who voted for them

They are complicit. Every one of them. They were told in simple words what was in the plan. They did not believe that Trump would pull it off with Congress, and SCOTUS in his pocket.

I will not forgive.

[Firestorm49]

6. The Republican Party and all of those who voted for him.

[NBachers]

7. I think the narrative shouldn't be "Trump this, trump that," it should be "Republicans this, republicans that."

[pat_k]

9. Of course not. If the Trumpublican party had even the vestige of a moral bone in their bodies;...

... if they had a fragment of conscience; if they had a modicum of respect for the aspirational values this nation has represented on this planet, Trump and Vance and the entire criminal cabinet would have impeached and removed the day it became clear they were hellbent on openly violating our foundational tenets with the unlawful closure of USAID, the countless usurpations, the unlawful impoundments, the unlawful firings of every civil servant with the courage to resist the usurpations and abuses, the weaponization of the entire executive branch against We the People, including the creation of the most well-funded, militarized, domestic terror force in our history -- a force that aggressively assaults and kills people without provocation.

[yellow dahlia]

10. Kompromat