The Absurd GOP

[Rev. Rye]

I also just found out about a somewhat similar incident: one prominent Republican Congressman recently heavily implied that another House Republican (specifically Josh Smith) was a closeted gay man. That Republican Congressman who outed the other? None other than Matt Gaetz.

Yes, the same person who's been implicated in sex trafficking and sex with minors still thinks he has the sort of moral high ground to make this sort of shit work. Then again, this is the Republican electorate we're talking about.

The toxicity inside that party means that sooner or later the snake will eat itself.

I’ve read a few articles that said that the Republicans taking three weeks to elect a new Speaker of the House would be a sure sign of this exact thing, but, then again, I suspect that, eight years ago, many of these same pundits were watching Donald Trump’s campaign announcement and thought “Wow, I guess he just announced his campaign and completely torpedoed its chances of winning before he even left the podium.”