Today's Republican party has broken faith with the America people so often in the last 30 years it hardly deserves the name. The latest examples of the boundless cynicism with which the party treats the country is its refusal to negotiate seriously about gun control in the wake of mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, as well as its efforts to discredit the Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection.
Both of these issues involve the party in defending the indefensible; protecting gun manufacturers profits in the case of mass shootings by teenagers with weapons of war and trying to throw shade on the probably the fairest presidential election ever held in this country at the behest of the failed former president. I don't know which is more abhorrent.
The Select Committee is scheduled to hold public hearings on its findings regarding January 6 starting on June 9th. There will be multiple investigations into the handling of the mass shootings, particularly the police response in Uvalde. Both will shine light where the GOP would prefer darkness. Let's hope enough rank and file Republicans realize they have been sold a bill of goods by their party leaders.
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