Most are familiar with the "frog in the pot" example of how a temperature increase of just a degree
or two each day in the pot of water eventually boils the frog to death. The frog does not hop out and save himself because each increase, in and of itself, is small and insignificant. The cumulative effect of these numerous "insignificant" warnings is what eventually proves lethal.
There is a similar effect from the dozens and dozens of arrogant and totally incompetent or downright stupid Republicans who take part in our governance---and I'm not even including "the former guy".
If Louie Gohmert was an aberration, an outlier on some embarrassing outer fringe of the GOP, he could be safely laughed at and ignored. But, Louie is just one of a stampeding herd of ignoramuses that now ARE the GOP. You will recognize each of the following names and you'll agree that they are disgusting. But, you just might be terrified when you consider their cumulative effect:
(in no particular order)----
Sessions
Mnuchin
Kushner
Flynn
Pence
Miller
Johnson
Huckabee
Nunes
McCarthy
McConnell
Cruz
Paul
Cotton
Scalise
Blackburn
Foxx
Greene
Boebert
Gaetz
Barr
Gosar
Clyde
McEnany
Conway
Scaramucci
DeSantis
Kemp
Abbott
Noem
I am sure I have omitted several whose mere mention triggers your gag reflex, but the above list is sufficient to illustrate my point. While each of those are, in and of themselves, "deplorable", taken as a group which accurately characterizes the current Republican Party, they SHOULD scare the snot out of each of us!
This is NOT "normal".
These people are NOT "OK".
We do NOT have to accept this transparent hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy.
These are NOT "nice" people and we should not waste time with niceties.
The water is boiling.