MSNBC: How Trump's WH became treasonous and nearly succeeded overturning the election

[Bucky]

Really is a minor miracle that Mike Pence didn't go along with Trump's coup attempt. Lots of mainstream Republicans (McConnell, McCarthy) and Jared Kushner what were willing to at least look the other direction while Mark Meadows and John Eastman tried to force Pence to sabotage the electoral college. Faced with an attempted coup, they knuckled under to a bully. Zero backbone when it comes to facing fascism.

[ZonkerHarris]

1. Republicans are scum.

[Bucky]

2. Yes. But I always thought they were only moral cowards, not actual physical cowards

I always thought their weakness was an overwillingness to bleat "Yes, sir" and line up behind the leader. The physical cowardice (think of Lindsay Graham, the chickenshit, shouting at the Capitol Police officers to just fire into the January 6th crowd) in the face of an actual coup attempt is a new low.

[ZonkerHarris]

3. I used to think the problem was elected Republicans and the base was made up of

decent people more or less.
I was wrong.
Big time.
Turns out they are all fascist scum.

[Bucky]

4. More on White House efforts to steal the election