Savor Our Victory Over the Establishment
Kurt Schlichter
10–12 minutes
As we survey the smoldering wreckage left in the wake of Donzilla, who has treated the Treachery Caucus of the Republican Party like a kaiju treats Tokyo, we should smile in satisfaction at a job well done. We destroyed the old Republican Party, and from the ashes something new has risen—something that fights. We are no longer sober managers of decline, outlasted and outgunned reactionaries trying to stand athwart history yelling “Stop!” in high-pitched, girlish voices. We’re now brawlers and battlers, no longer constrained by unilateral norms or guardrails that serve only to limit our ability to pursue our own interests. You can tell how much our enemies hate it because the Democrats cry about how we’re no longer like Ronald Reagan. Well, I was there when they were crying about how we were no longer like Ike. You are truly blessed if you find someone to love you like Democrats love a long-dead Republican.
Sure, there remains some work to do—bye-bye, Lisa Murkowski—but don’t let anyone tell you the Republican Party hasn’t changed for the better. As frustrating and annoying as the process is, our pols are a hell of a lot better than they used to be. And the quality continues to improve, as President Trump’s recent acts of political hygiene demonstrate:
Thomas Massie? He’s been punted into oblivion, and no, it wasn’t the fault of the Jews, the Epstein cabal, the Trilateral Commission, or the saucer people.
Thom Tillis? That tool didn’t even bother running because he knew he was going to get primaried after years of tofu-spined obstruction of our agenda.
Mitch McConnell? Time has taken him out, not Trump, but he was a pain in our collective backside, and Trump helped marginalize him. We must credit Cocaine Mitch for saving the Supreme Court, but it’s time to go.
Bill Cassidy? The doctor is out. That’s what you get for joining the Democrats to impeach our president.
John Cornyn? Hey, I hope collaborating with the Democrats on gun control—I’m still trying to figure out why any sane Republican would ever collaborate with the Democrats on gun control—was worth the humiliation of being rejected by your own state. Promising amnesty to Dreamers didn’t help—turns out the Republican base has a dream, too: a dream of an America where foreigners who shouldn’t be here are required to follow the law just like us American citizens.
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