John Krull
Tue, December 28, 2021, 6:03 AM
INDIANAPOLIS — At the very least, it’s time to stop calling them conservatives.
The texts and other documentation the investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives into what led to the Jan.6 insurrection has uncovered show President Donald Trump, his aides, his advocates and his apologists are many things.
John Krull, director of TheStateHouseFile.com
Rightwing and authoritarian?
Yup.
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Rabblerousers?
Definitely.
Liars?
Without question.
Criminals?
That remains to be determined, hence the need to investigate.
But one thing that is clear is that they aren’t conservatives.
A conservative, as the term always has been understood, is committed to a set of values. Conservatives believe in traditions. They defend the institutions and bulwarks of self-government as if they were their own children. They distrust concentrated power, particularly when it is in the hands of a single person, which is why they are so committed to the idea of limited government.
Most of all, they revere the rule of law.
They see a well-established system of laws not just as the best way to preserve liberty, but as an important line of defense against the savagery of anarchy and the tyranny of the mob.
The members of the Trump crowd adhere to none of these principles.
They defy lawful subpoenas. They traduce and disrupt the proceedings of legitimate government. They attempt to overturn legal elections just because they don’t like the result.
And they resort to violence when they don’t get their way.
In fact, the only commitment this crowd of miscreants seems to have is to getting their way and to holding on to power, whatever the cost to the nation and to its people.
That’s what the texts from former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reveal.