Was the entire Republican Party deceived by the "Big Lie" ?

[kentuck]

Or are most of them only pretending to be deceived? They knew it was a lie but it advanced their cause?

It seems to me that the latter would be more disgusting? They weren't deceived at all. They just wanted revenge and to get the best of the "libs". They didn't care about our country or our democracy. To them, it was like WWE.

But, the Party leaders wants everyone to believe that no one was deceived. So long as they win their next election, they don't really care what happens otherwise.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Nope, the Party is all in.

One Party government is what they want. Any surprises?

[kimbutgar]

2. Yes they are all neurologically brainwashed and no longer able to discern reality and truth.

When you can’t even watch regular local news you are lost.

[BlueTsunami2018]

3. No, it's political expedience.

I’m sure a couple of their very dumbest people believe it but most of them know better. The base is completely bought in though and so they must appear to be as well. It’s pure craven political calculation.

[panader0]

4. pretended to be deceived-- no doubt afraid of losing the tfg's cult.

By the way, congrats on your 20 years here.

[kentuck]

8. Thanks panader0 !

You've been here awhile yourself.

[Hoyt]

5. A lot are pretending, at least I hope so.

[RockRaven]

6. Elected Repukes are mostly pretending. Especially dimwitted ones like Gohmert, Ron Johnson, etc

may in fact believe the bullshit.

[abqtommy]

7. The reTHUG Fascist Insurrectionist Cultists have been following the Fascist Handbook For

Dummies for years now. It's what they do, it's in their DNA and it's up to us to put them away.

[mahina]

9. No. They know it's a lie. They are just all scared

Of TFG

[Mad_Machine76]

10. I don't think they were "deceived"

At least not (most of) the politicians. Some of the insurrectionists, maybe. Many in the GOP may not believe it personally and likely detest Trump but are going along with it just so that they don't get flat-out killed by TFG's debased base if he identifies them as insufficiently loyal to him. He doesn't have the means to incite his supporters like he once did but he still has plenty of surrogates to help spread his messages.

[GoodRaisin]

11. Of course not. They went along with it because they decided it was their best option for

hanging on to power. They've known for years that the non-existent "election fraud" they push to their stupid voting base is nonsense and they knew there was no evidence of Trump's lies.

[mitch96]

12. "They knew it was a lie but it advanced their cause? " That's what I think... own the libs

At what ever cost and what ever lie.. YMMV
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[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

13. Nah, they are fascists, focused on ending democracy and

bringing about a permanent authoritarian fascist dictatorship.