There are a lot of things we can blame on #45. He has done more to destroy the norms of government and society than any occupant of the White House before him. After 8 years of Obama "scandals" (tan suits! mustard on burgers! OMG!!!), the orange turd crawled out of the toilet and lowered the bar so much an ant couldn't limbo beneath it.
The attack on the Capitol on Jan 6th would seem to be the ultimate culmination of the depravity of the previous administration and its cultists. The obscene violation of the very core of our democracy by self-titled "patriots" was sickening and - in retrospect - entirely predictable. Despite it being turned up to 11 the past 4 years, this has been much longer in the making.
It started with a wink and smile, as the Gipper proclaimed "there you go again" as a non-sequitur to anything for which he didn't have a good response. He pushed it along with the proclamation that the 9 scariest words were "I'm from the government and I'm here to help". This was the point where the Republican party began its shift from the party of Nixon, where the EPA and Medical Insurance was born, to a party that saw federal government as part of the problem rather than part of the solution.
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