Treason, or politics as usual?

Social media is full of crazy people, and I was under the mistaken impression that they were all on the left. It looks like the right has a crazy problem as well. I do not mind people having bad opinions of others; what really irks me is the inconsistency in their logic. They will criticize one person for some flaw, but excuse the same (if not worse) flaw in another.

I posted a story earlier about Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) finally being elected Speaker of the House by a pseudo-majority of the House. I shared the link on my social media accounts, and immediately got some responses on CloutHub. One comment caught my attention; well, it was not so much a comment as a poor attempt at a meme. Unfortunately, CloutHub does not support post embedding yet, nor can an individual comment be shared—which is dumb—, but here is the link to my post. When you scroll through the comments, you should come across someone posting this meme:

I replied to this person asking a very simple question: If Marjorie Taylor Greene is a traitor for supporting McCarthy, would not it also make Donald Trump a traitor? After all, he was one of the first to endorse McCarthy for Speaker. Of course, the commenter proceeded to delete his post, then post the above again, this time with another image talking about McCarthy being a member of the World Economic Forum. I replied to this as well, asking the same question again. So far, he nor anyone else has attempted to explain this dissonance.

As if God was making it clear I should write this piece, I came across this Truth Social post from Trump:

Allow me to take this opportunity to explain my position. I do not hate Donald Trump. I am not a “never-Trumper,” but neither am I an “always-Trumper.” He has done some things that, in my humble opinion, are down right idiotic. I can chalk this up to him being a human, however, and us humans tend to do some pretty stupid stuff from time to time. I do not know his preferred brand of lubricant for people to use when they shove their heads deep into his rectum, nor do I care to find out since I will never do that… shove my head up his rectum, that is. When he does something I do not agree with, I will state so. His support for McCarthy is one such example.

McCarthy is a swamp creature, and a big-government-spending one at that. He facilitated, or, at least, did not fight very hard to stop the $1.7T spending bill that was rammed through Congress almost two weeks ago. He also had no problems throwing then President Trump under the bus when it was politically convenient for him to do so. He cannot be trusted, and a few members of the House wanted to make it clear to the world that this was so, hence why it took 15 rounds of voting to get him a technical majority of 216 votes (he really needed 218) to gain the speaker-ship.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is a rabid Trump supporter, and a fierce America First politician; which is why everyone was scratching their heads when she voiced her support for McCarthy, the guy that let her get kicked out of committees by Nancy Pelosi. If Trump wanted McCarthy as Speaker, though, then it stands to reason Greene would work to make it happen. During the final rounds of voting, she was seen running around the House floor, phone in hand, with none other than Trump himself on the other end of the call.

I have also seen several posts from Trump supporters claiming that his support for McCarthy is 4-D chess, or some such nonsense—I am really getting tired of that line. The more practical of the apologists leave it at: “he has his reasons.” Well, if he has his reasons, and it is acceptable for him to get behind McCarthy as Speaker, why can they not afford the same reasoning to others who supported McCarthy?

Let me be crystal clear: I think it was a huge mistake backing McCarthy. Yes, supposedly he has agreed, in writing, to do some conservative stuff in the next two years. However, if he truly was the right choice, it would not have taken 4 days, 15 rounds of voting, and a pseudo-majority to make him Speaker. However, supporting him does not a traitor make. Making deals is part of being a member of Congress. Sometimes those deals are ugly, but the trick is to make sure you are in a better position to strike a better deal next time. I just cannot see what benefit there is to having McCarthy as Speaker.

I hope I am wrong. I hope he turns out to be a great Speaker, and that he leads the America First agenda masterfully. I will gladly eat the crow that would come with such a happy occurrence. Long years of disappointment and deflation, however, have fed the cynic beast within me well.