Lexington - The conscience of some conservatives | United States | The Economist
Although inciting the attack itself was worse than anything Mr Trump has done, it revealed nothing fundamentally new about his character.
. . . his newly emboldened Republican critics did not merely stomach his earlier abuses—of ethics rules, migrant children, and so on—but vociferously defended them.
To start with the obvious barrier to Republican reform, most of the party’s voters appear to be against it, which is why Mr Trump’s critics enabled him for so long.
. . . a necessary condition for renewal on the right may be failure.
This
is cause for realism; but not despair. Expunging Mr Trump from Reagan’s
party is a more basic condition for progress. And thanks to the belated
bravery of ten Republican House members and perhaps Mr McConnell it is
imaginable. If they succeed, it will be their life’s work; Republicans
and Democrats alike should back them. Mr Biden liked to say the general
election was a battle for the soul of America. It is now being waged in
the Republican Party.
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