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The Republican Party remains an ugly reflection of Donald Trump

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AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsFeb 17, 2021 at 5:00 am“Donald Trump is the most vibrant member of the Republican Party,” stated Sen. Lindsey Graham on Feb. 14 on Fox News.It is complete. The final nail is in the coffin. Senate Republicans failed to convict Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection against Congress on Jan. 6. Despite mountains of audio and video evidence — and the first-hand experience of many of the senators — they chose cowardice over courage, their political goals over country, and a dictatorial cult leader over democracy. Trump is a morally and ethically bankrupt psychopath who only cares about his power, control, greed and corruption. And even with him out of office, the Republican Party remains transformed in his image.AdvertisementAt the core of Trump’s mental pathology is his absence of conscience, his cruelty, his vindictiveness and his corruption. It is this pathology that explains his pathological lying, his reckless conspiracy theories, his childish magical thinking, his racism, his xenophobia and his glorification of violence. His behavior as president reflected his mental disorder.The Republican Party had its chance to defeat Trump for good and to extricate itself from his pernicious political ideas. He should have been convicted by the Senate and banned from future elected office. They let him off the hook once again.AdvertisementEven as Americans have increasingly turned away from Trump’s destructive and cancerous leadership, the GOP has chosen to remain supportive of him. They have willfully and purposefully adopted his persona. They have become a party of extremists with an affinity for racism, xenophobia and white supremacy. The party, or most of it, is now against the rule of law.&nbsp; It believes that overturning a democratic election is fine. It believes that irrational and fake conspiracy theories constitute governing ideology. It believes that grifting the American people is fair. It believes that lying is political discourse. And it believes that violence is an acceptable means to an end.Sen. Ted Cruz during the insurrection. Sen. Josh Hawley in support of the violent mob. Vice President Mike Pence continues to support Trump despite the fact that his ex-boss put him in grave danger and did nothing to rescue him from the combustible moment. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has traveled to Florida to ask for Trump’s help in salvaging their party. Sen. Ron Johnson has blamed Speaker Nancy Pelosi for instigating the insurrection. Sen. Marco Rubio has voiced support for Trump. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has advanced outlandish and outrageous conspiracy theories.The Republican Party will not survive unless a more moderate and centrist group of leaders advance the party beyond their irrational and self-destructive loyalty to Trump. There must be bright, strong leaders who are waiting in the wings to move beyond Trump. To be sure, there are some Republicans in the House and Senate who are wanting to move in a new, fresh direction.Trump’s impact in our politics must be thwarted. The media can go a long way to deprive him of the attention he so desperately hungers for. President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are the healthy and wise adults in the room now who have the country’s best interest at heart. They are true public servants who want to solve our existential challenges and to govern all Americans.But it’s healthy for Democrats to have a responsible opposition party. The GOP must reinvent itself or it will remain stuck in the psychopathology of its defeated and disgraced cult leader. Until Trump’s repudiation is full and complete, the party will exist in his image and will be a toxic force in our country’s politics.Blotcky is a clinical psychologist in Birmingham, Ala. Advertisement

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsFeb 17, 2021 at 5:00 am“Donald Trump is the most vibrant member of the Republican Party,” stated Sen. Lindsey Graham on Feb. 14 on Fox News.It is complete. The final nail is in the coffin. Senate Republicans failed to convict Donald Trump for inciting the insurrection against Congress on Jan. 6. Despite mountains of audio and video evidence — and the first-hand experience of many of the senators — they chose cowardice over courage, their political goals over country, and a dictatorial cult leader over democracy. Trump is a morally and ethically bankrupt...

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