Delaware Republicans have been shocked white — well, whiter — by the antics of their congressional nominee, but Scott Walker isn’t an isolated situation. All over the country, GOP candidates, most of them already officeholders, are being exposed as execrable human beings.
I’m not talking about the garden-variety graft that goes on
in both parties, though of course there’s plenty of that on display as well.
These headlines all appeared yesterday at HuffPo:
“Arizona Republican’s Siblings Endorse His Opponent In Brutal Ads”
“Congressman Discounts Kavanaugh’s ‘Supposed’ Assault That Didn’t Go ‘Anywhere’”
“Minnesota Lawmaker Drops Re-Election Bid After Daughter Claims He Molested Her”
These aren’t people we simply disagree with on government policies. These are really shitty people. And the corporate types who used to run that party know it. They’re forced to accept them because that’s all they’ve got left. Their younger generation is totally out of step with its contemporaries.