For the second time in four months, I am seconding Charlie (and this time, Dan, too) on its being painfully obvious that Republicans are suicidal if they don’t run away — don’t just walk — from the lunatic notion of making Donald Trump their 2024 presidential nominee. I won’t repeat what I wrote a year ago, other than to summarize that a GOP nomination of Trump is President Biden’s best chance, and probably his only chance, of being reelected.
As the House January 6 committee starts up its proceedings again today, it is worth remembering why the Democrats have orchestrated them to take place now, even though the Capitol riot — followed closely by Trump’s impeachment — was 18 months ago. They want to draw attention to him in hopes of drawing it away from Biden. They want to run against the specter of Trump in the midterms, in hopes of provoking him into running — and Republicans into nominating him — in 2024.
He’s their savior, not ours.