Hatred of the other side can be a more unifying force than love of one’s allies. From Patrick Buchanan at buchanan.org:
“Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun.” So said Citizen Trump Saturday on his acquittal by the Senate of the impeachment article of “incitement of insurrection” in the Jan 6 invasion of the Capitol.
“I look forward to continuing our incredible journey together to achieve American greatness for all our people,” said Trump. “We have so much work ahead of us, and soon we will emerge with a vision for a bright, radiant and limitless American future.”
Translation: Donald Trump is not going anywhere soon.
The new Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, has another view.
While he had voted to acquit Trump because he saw the Senate as acting outside the Constitution in prosecuting a former president, now a private citizen, he was unequivocal about the validity of the charge.
Trump is guilty, said McConnell: “There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of (Jan. 6).”
“The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. And having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories and reckless hyperbole which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth.”
A few comments from The Conservative Treehouse on a “third” party.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2021/02/16/support-for-third-u-s-political-party-reaches-highest-point-in-twenty-years-63-percent-of-republicans-and-70-percent-of-independents-want-third-party-option/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=support-for-third-u-s-political-party-reaches-highest-point-in-twenty-years-63-percent-of-republicans-and-70-percent-of-independents-want-third-party-option