January 6 and the Toxification of the Republican Brand, Both Nationally and in New Jersey

[Vogon_Glory]

1. January 6th should have been a political epiphany but it wasn't

So some thoughtful blue- and purple-state Republicans either wised up or were forced to confront the decades of evidence as to what Republican Party has become. Yippee!

The problem is that Red State Republicans in the South, the Plains, and the Great Basin either don’t know or don’t care. People like Gregg Abbott and South Dakota’s Noem are still thriving, and too many of their constituents will continue to vote for Club Pachyderm even as the GOP works to turn their states into a third-world oligarchical ruin.

I had a nightmare epiphany myself in November 2016. I still thought that thoughtful, intelligent, discerning voters were still a large plurality in the Republican Party.

Then I learned that they weren’t when TFG defeated Hillary Clinton.