The loser now will be later to lose

This week, Justin Amash, a Republican representative from a pro-Trump district in Michigan, broke ranks with his caucus by stating the obvious. He tweeted (of course):

The response was immediate and predictable, with members of the House Freedom Caucus condemning him,  followed by the almost instantaneous primary challenge to Amash.  It is this kind of challenge that explains why no Republican will (successfully) defy Trump. The experience of Mark Sanford has been seared into their political flesh like the Mark of the Beast.

It’s exactly why Lindsay Graham, not so long ago one of Trump’s harshest critics and staunchest allies of Trump’s bête noire, John McCain, is now among the most unctuous sycophants in Trumpworld.

Over at CNN, there was some absurd and misplaced hope that Amash represented a crack in the dam or some such nonsense, and everything would be different now. If only. Slate was more realistic.

Here at GOML, the only real question was, “What insult-nickname would Trump come up with for Amash?” So many are already taken, but Tweety has a seemingly inexhaustible supply. Mayor Pete, for example, became “Alfred E. Neuman”, which no one saw coming. Biden is now “Sleepy-Creepy”, which coming from the Pussy-Grabber-In-Chief is just surreal.

If Trump doesn’t come up with something especially unique and cruel for you, he probably just isn’t that worried about you, and Amash seemed to fall into that category. He’s only got the catch-all “Lightweight Loser” so far, which is what Trump calls everybody that disagrees with him on anything.

I don’t really know how someone who has succeeded in getting elected to Congress can be a “loser”, but the word seems to have its own definition and parameters for Tweety.

So what do you think -will Amash have a job in Washington in 2020?

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