{"id":49887,"date":"2021-12-17T03:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T03:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49887"},"modified":"2021-12-17T03:30:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T03:30:35","slug":"gop-party-of-cowards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=49887","title":{"rendered":"GOP: party of cowards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/US-Capitol-Police-officer-dies-after-DC-riots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45981\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/US-Capitol-Police-officer-dies-after-DC-riots-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/US-Capitol-Police-officer-dies-after-DC-riots-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/US-Capitol-Police-officer-dies-after-DC-riots-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/US-Capitol-Police-officer-dies-after-DC-riots-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/US-Capitol-Police-officer-dies-after-DC-riots.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Republicans who implored Donald Trump to stop the rioters who sought to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election on 1\/6 are now silent.<\/p>\n<p>Their silence betrays their cowardice. Yes, they are cowards. They are afraid of offending the man for whom they profess blind fealty.<\/p>\n<p>Yet we know now that many of them sent emails to the White House; they called the White House on the phone; they pleaded with Trump to employ his clout to end the riot. Trump didn\u2019t do as other Republicans had asked, implored, demanded he do.<\/p>\n<p>Why aren\u2019t the Republicans now speaking up? Why won\u2019t they put their names on those messages?<\/p>\n<p>They won\u2019t because cowards won\u2019t take ownership of what they know is right.<\/p>\n<p>They were right to implore Donald Trump to end the riot. They now fear that the disgraced former POTUS will strike back at them and harm their re-election chances.<\/p>\n<p>They are cowards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"atatags-370373-61bc03947bc1a\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"wordads-preview-parent\" class=\"wpcnt\">\n<div class=\"wpa\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans who implored Donald Trump to stop the rioters who sought to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election on 1\/6 are now silent. Their silence betrays their cowardice. Yes, they are cowards. They are afraid of offending the man for whom they profess blind fealty. 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