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The anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol came and went without comment from Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell, state GOP Chair Steve Pearce, or any other Republican official. Their silence stems from a sickness particularly virulent in today's GOP, not only in New Mexico but throughout the country. That is, the fear of Donald Trump "trumps" their sense of responsibility.
Most Republican officials know their party is on a diseased track and they have a duty to try to steer it in a more healthy direction. But they are so afraid of using a word or two that upsets Trump and his gullible followers they aren't free to say what they really think about the biggest assault on our democracy since the Civil War. Their fear either overwhelms their sense of duty or blinds them to it.
Nor do they have the nerve to support his lies in public for fear of getting laughed out of town. So they just say nothing and hope nobody notices. Free speech is unavailable to them when it comes to Trumpism.
Republicans who elected Pearce state party chair and Herrell's constituents in CD2 deserve to hear what they really think, whether they believe the big lie about a crooked election and exactly what they think about the attack on the Capitol. But they have to guess, because Pearce and Herrell don't feel enough responsibility to New Mexicans to say.
Some leaders! Some public servants! Some patriots!
The anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol came and went without comment from Republican Rep. Yvette Herrell, state GOP Chair Steve Pearce, or any other Republican official. Their silence stems from a sickness particularly virulent in today's GOP, not only in New Mexico but throughout the country. That is, the fear of Donald Trump "trumps" their sense of responsibility.
Most Republican officials know their party is on a diseased track and they have a duty to try to steer it in a more healthy direction. But they are so afraid of using a word or two that upsets Trump and his gullible followers they aren't free to say what they really think about the biggest assault on our democracy since the Civil War. Their fear either overwhelms their sense of duty or blinds them to it.
Nor do they have the nerve to support his lies in public for fear of getting laughed out of town. So they just say nothing and hope nobody notices. Free speech is unavailable to them when it comes to Trumpism.
Republicans who elected Pearce state party chair and Herrell's constituents in CD2 deserve to hear what they really think, whether they believe the big lie about a crooked election and exactly what they think about the attack on the Capitol. But they have to guess, because Pearce and Herrell don't feel enough responsibility to New Mexicans to say.
Some leaders! Some public servants! Some patriots!