April 11, 2021: The Republican Party is Headed for "Crazy Town."

 

4/11/21: Additional excerpts from former House Speaker John Boehner’s book are released. The lifelong Republican bemoans the fact that under Trump, the party has morphed into a “clown car.” 

What is the destination of the car? 

 “Crazy town.”

 

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“What struck me, especially after the election, was, here’s all these people loyal to Donald Trump, and he abused them. He stepped all over their loyalty to him by continuing to say things that just weren’t true.” 

John Boehner

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The riot on January 6 left the former Speaker feeling nothing but “disgust” for what the Republican Party has become. As USA Today explains, Boehner sounded a warning on January 7. 

“I once said the party of Lincoln and Reagan is off taking a nap,” he said on his @SpeakerBoehner account. “The nap has become a nightmare for our nation. The GOP must awaken. The invasion of our Capitol by a mob, incited by lies from some entrusted with power [emphasis added], is a disgrace to all who sacrificed to build our Republic.”

 

Now he elaborated:  “I don’t think it was just about him showing up at a rally on Jan. 6^th…The comments that were made all summer about the election was going to be stolen from him, all the follow-up noise that occurred after the election – I kept looking for the facts.” 

(Blogger’s note: So did I.)

 

USA Today noted, “There has been no credible evidence to support Trump’s repeated allegations of election malfeasance.”

 

“What struck me, especially after the election, was, here’s all these people loyal to Donald Trump, and he abused them,” Boehner said. “He stepped all over their loyalty to him by continuing to say things that just weren’t true.”

 

In the book, he describes Texas Sen. Ted Cruz as “Lucifer in the flesh.” Freedom Caucus members as “political terrorists” and “far-right knuckleheads.” Former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin as “one of the chief crazies.”