As I continue reading Liz Cheney’s account of the realities of January 6th I am blown away by the depth of incompetence in what has now become the GOP. Policy differences pale in comparison to utter loyalty to the “Orange Jesus”, as one southern Congressional Rep referred to him when participating in a charade rejection of the vote. He actually said “The things we do for the Orange Jesus” FFS!

The GOP Representatives in our government are increasingly uneducated, almost illiterate and have no depth of philosophical or actual understanding of their own actual beliefs let alone American government. The people who acted so duplicitously throughout the January 6 inquiry are the epitome of Pavlov’s dogs salivating as Trump rings the bell!! Whether given their treat or not they show up and obey accordingly.

One by one the people who actually knew just enough of the Constitution to KNOW that what was being done by the Orange Jesus was unconstitutional, sacrificed every shred of their soundness of mind to cow tow to his lunacy. Their “base” demanded it! It is terrifying how once sane people are now like the Wives of Stepford living each day mindlessly walking through the world saying. “Yes, Dear.” AND here is where Liz and I share common ground.

Liz Cheyney, a devout Conservative Republican , and I are equally dealing with this reality in our personal lives. Beyond the halls of government in DC , like me, Liz has lost personal friends down the rabbit hole of Q anon, the rabbit hole of charismatic prophets with the idea that Trump really is our Messiah, the rabbit hole that he is a prolife POTUS, and the rabbit hole of exclusive devotion to far right media like Tucker Carlson and the sewage pit of untruths he’s built for their intellectual lives to settle into. We have both have suffered the loss of very dear people in our personal lives who now refuse to see reality. Anything against Trump is a liberal plot. Anything for Joe Biden is an Antifa fueled protest!

I am now in what I refer to as a civil connect relationship with just about everyone in my life. In this relationship I have chosen to communicate only about the very basics of my life. These people know that I love them, they know I will be there in a crises for them, but because every word has the potential to be an ignition switch for them to erupt and demand my allegiance to the Orange Jesus, we connect no where else. I’m no longer interested in connecting with anyone who is unwilling to grasp reality.

Liz Cheyney and I have shared this lived experience. We have lost very special people in our lives because we will not follow the Orange Jesus. We also share this truth. The Democratic Republic we both love will require an awakened populace if this overthrow is going to be stopped. The stakes could not be higher.