Friday
William Kristol, a conservative who is appalled at how the Republican Party has been trumpified, recently tweeted out an Eeyore passage as he gazed at how his former allies continue to enable the president. Their failure to confirm Joe Biden’s victory, perhaps because they are waiting to see if Trump can pull off yet another miraculous escape, threatens democracy itself.
Whatever the GOP’s reasons, Eeyore’s judgment is spot on:
Eeyore, the old grey Donkey, stood by the side of the stream, and looked at himself in the water. “Pathetic,” he said. “That’s what it is. Pathetic.”
Eeyore is upset that no one has remembered his birthday. By undermining the presidential transition, Republicans are dampening Democratic celebrations. Perhaps they want to make sure that, when Biden finally ascends to office, his presidency will amount to no more than an empty pot and a burst balloon.
Further thought: Credit where credit is due. Mitt Romney recently tweeted,
Having failed to make a plausible case of widespread fraud or conspiracy before any court of law, the President has now resorted to overt pressure on state and local officials to subvert the will of the people and overturn the eletion. It is difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action by a sitting American President.
Nebraska’s Ben Sasse has also called out Trump. But the fact that the rest of the Republican Senate is either silent or–like Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz–actually repeating Trump’s charges of voter fraud is…pathetic.