When The Mad King Threatens Your Grift
Republicans, if nothing else, are remarkably consistent. They're consistent in a way that makes their actions predictable. No values or morals are guiding their actions. Instead, they act simply for self-preservation. To do whatever it takes to keep themselves in a position of power. They'll do a complete 180 on their views if they think it will help them politically. They consistently vote against their constituents' best interests. Hell, they consistently vote against their own self-interests. Never before in the history of democratic republics has there been an entire political party that exists solely to enrich its members. Sure, we've seen this in autocracies and theocracies. Yet what we're seeing now in the United States is unprecedented. Which is what makes the events of the past week so telling. From 17 House Republicans voting with Democrats to extend the ACA subsidies to 35 House Republicans voting in an effort to overturn Trump's eastern Colorado...
