Following their historical underperformance in last week’s midterms, Republicans need someone to blame. Some factions of the party are loudly pointing the finger at Donald Trump, his conspiracy theories and his slate of far-right candidates for the red wave that never was. Others in the MAGA crowd, now less sold on the electability of the Big Lie, are aiming their ire at other targets. Mitch McConnell – a years-long object of Trump’s rage who warned early-on there weren’t enough “acceptable” candidates running for the GOP to secure the Senate – is an easy one.
Charles P. Pierce calls Scott “Senator Bat Boy,” after the freakish being who used to grace covers of the Weekly World News. There IS a strong resemblance.
Not particularly interested in this: both choices are nasty pieces of work but Scott seems less tactically skilled so I suppose he would be preferable to the degree it matters at all, not that I believe he has much of a chance regardless.
What is going to be more interesting is who gets committee leadership roles in the House: McCarthy is pretty clearly promising the moon to MAGA heavy hitters or bomb throwers like MTG would not support him so the shit-show brewing there could exceed even our more febrile imaginations.
Rick Scott is a classic American success story. He has crimed and frauded his way to a Senate seat. Biggest Medicare fraud ever - now he wants to cut the benefits. He is the kind of villain that makes my head explode and makes me want to scream, “What is wrong with this country?”
Most of the leaders in the Republican party right now are outright criminals. This has not always been true, but it is certainly true now. If I could get 1% of what Trump, McConnell and Scott have stolen, I could guarantee my family’s future for many generations.
