Oddbean new post about login | logout "When you yoke yourself to an extremist, justifying his threats, his corruption, and even his attempt to overthrow the government, you can't be too surprised when the violent and lawless energies unleashed by that extremist take on momentum. That is what has happened with the GOP, which is in the midst of a spiral of radicalization." ~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat #Republicans #McCarthy #Trump #PoliticsofDestruction #ChaosAgents /1 https://lucid.substack.com/p/mccarthy-and-the-gops-spiral-of-radicalization
"McCarthy enabled that radicalization by denying the 2020 election results, seeking to obstruct the investigation into the Jan. 6 coup attempt, and then apparently blaming Democrats for the destruction. 'What they did to this institution, what they did to this building, was so wrong,' he declared the other day." #Republicans #McCarthy #Trump #PoliticsofDestruction #ChaosAgents #BigLie #Jan6 #insurrection /2