Let’s assess the recent election results from down yonder in Georgia.
Donald Trump endorsed a candidate for secretary of state; he lost bigly to the incumbent.
Trump then decided to back the challenger to Gov. Brian Kemp; that challenger lost in a big way, too.
Why did the two incumbents earn the Wrath of Trump? Oh, they just decided to follow the law instead of “finding” enough votes for Trump to steal the election results from Joe Biden, who won the state’s electoral votes in the 2020 election.
The secretary of state, Brad Raffensberger, told Trump directly that what he wanted to do was illegal. Trump didn’t listen. He tossed fellow Republican Raffensberger aside and went with the challenger.
Same for Gov. Kemp. Trump endorsed U.S. Sen. David Perdue. Kemp swamped Perdue.
What is so very troubling is that the Georgia effort mirrors the kind of vengeance politics Trump is waging. He went after Wyoming U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney. He wants her defeated. Why? Because she also backs the rule of law. Never mind that her congressional voting record stands about 90% in line with Trump’s agenda while he held the office of president. Then again, Trump doesn’t give a damn about public policy; he cares only about what politicians do for him or to him.
I cannot help but believe that Trump’s grip on the Republican Party is slipping from his oily grasp. He recently pulled his endorsement of MAGA acolyte Mo Brooks, who since that pivot has experienced a surge in Alabama polls as he seeks to win the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate.
Trump keeps litigating the 2020 election result, which he lost. He has yet to articulate a single notion for the future. Hey, that is no surprise, because he doesn’t have a clue on where this country should go.
The former POTUS, therefore, is boring the GOP faithful to sleep.