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It appears that the cult driving modern conservatism and the Republican Party, which is its outward manifestation has finally developed its infallible litmus test for its initiates. The cult is still based on monomaniacal loyalty to a vulgar talking yam, but now it has an article of faith through which that loyalty can be demonstrated. The
Washington Post has a helpful survey of how the rites of initiation are being celebrated all over the country.
Nearly six months after Trump lost to Biden, rejection of the 2020 election results dubbed the “Big Lie” by many Democrats has increasingly become an unofficial litmus test for acceptance in the Republican Party. In January, 147 GOP lawmakers eight senators and 139 House members voted in support of objections to the election results, and since then, Republicans from Congress to statehouses to local party organizations have fervently embraced the falsehood…
Election falsehood now a symbol of GOP loyalty
Ashley Parker and Marianna Sotomayor
Washington Post
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Debra Ell, a Republican organizer in Michigan and fervent supporter of former president Donald Trump, said she has good reason to believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
“I think I speak for many people in that Trump has never actually been wrong, and so we’ve learned to trust when he says something, that he’s not just going to spew something out there that’s wrong and not verified,” she said, referring to Trump’s claims that widespread electoral fraud caused his loss to President Joe Biden in November.
GOP lawmakers, state legislators and local party officials have embraced the baseless claims that Biden did not defeat Trump, with potential ramifications for the midterms and the 2024 election.
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Senate committee approves Todd Graves nomination to University of Missouri curators
Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
Former Missouri Republican Party Chairman Todd Graves is one step closer to a seat on the University of Missouri Board of Curators following a Senate committee vote that saw bipartisan support and opposition to his appointment.
One Democrat Sen. Brian Williams of Ferguson joined six Republicans in the 7-4 vote in the Gubernatorial Appointments Committee to send Gov. Mike Parson’s controversial choice for the board to the full Senate.
Two Republicans Sens. Mike Moon of Ash Grove and Paul Wieland of Imperial joined with Sen. John Rizzo, D-Independence, and Sen. Angela Mosley, D-Florissant, in opposition.