Those congresspeople should have bigger fears, though. Trump let all the J6 violent offenders out of jail. They will actually hurt people. The regular constituents are just angry and yelling.
Very true. The j6 folks will start shifting from threatening congresspeople for defying Trump to threatening them if they continue the course as the effects of Trump/Musk begin to affect them. The repubs who are afraid are best off simply resigning and giving the dems the majority (imo).
Tbh that’s what I would do. If the choice was betraying my values or resigning I’d totally resign. I’d probably resign for much less high stakes than that.
Hard same. I've been working writing down my values and being very clear and careful about what is most important to me. So many republicans are violating what I hold dear, I can't imagine how they are maintaining their humanity. I would have resigned long before now.
This slow shift of the «Overton window» is a powerful thing, I think we underestimate how the human mind can normalize almost anything as long as the transition is slow enough. This is the stuff that scares me the most. Because do I really know who I would be in such a situation?
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