Security Failures is an Excuse

The mantra of the right, as they continue to gaslight their base, is that January 6 came from security failures and Democrats. There is the inconvenient truth that Mitch McConnell was the Majority Leader in the Senate, and equally responsible for security. This little fact is ignored in the right-wing media universe, where all faults for this are squarely put on the shoulders of the other party.

It’s worse than that.

At this point, you cannot have a viable political career in this autocratic party if you don’t toe the line. This is why Ted Cruz went…