Stray, should we not be holding the POTUS to a high standard? Show me where any leader in the Democratic Party has once said anything as inflammatory as what Trump tweets multiple times a day.
What or who has the President not attempted to trash to serve his own ends? Bill Barr and the Justice Department, the CIA, the FBI, loyal Republican Party members at the state level, Kris Krebs (by all accounts a talented and loyal Republican who did his job), low level poll workers, everyone is disposable in his weak attempt to overturn an election he lost and lost by a lot.
I thought integrity and character were important to conservatives and by every possible measure Trump has none of either. And expect for more to come to light once he is out of office.
We have been told for 4 years about all of this stuff that would "come to light" by the intelligence community and congressmen, and it never does. They have been examining Trump's stool samples for years and still can't find anything.
Now, what about all the Biden stuff that HAS come to light and has been completely ignored by an incurious media and an intelligence community that has been politicized over the last 50 years. The same community who claimed they had evidence which they could never produce because it didn't exist. I have faith you will eventually see all the lies you have been told by your completely honest and honorable federal bureaucrats.
Now back to holding people to standards. The standards put forth in this post is about Trump needing to condemn everything everyone does or says that the other side disagrees with sees as some sort of racist trope. Of course, my response was the complete hypocrisy of a media who NEVER asks Biden or any other politician to condemn anything. Hasn't asked them to condemn any of the following..
ANTIFA
BLM(The organization, not the sentiment)
Rioting & looting & burning
Congressmen encouraging people to threaten those who don't act or talk like they say they should
People in Oregon sabotaging railroad tracks
and on and on and on.
There is a manipulative reason for asking Trump and others to condemn things. If you don't condemn it they lead with the headline that you won't condemn it so you must support it. If you do condemn it, then you own it as part of your campaign. Ultimately, the narrative stays the same and that is the point. I know you can see this.
The FBI and CIA have been corrupted and we all know this, mainly the leadership. They have been exposed and no one should back down from criticizing the unelected bureaucrats. It wasn't so long ago the Dems said the exact same thing. The real hypocrites in this are the old loyal republicans(RINOs) you mention and almost all of the current Dems. This is the swamp and is what is tearing our country apart. It's the DC ruling class vs. the serfs.
A government scared of it's people is democracy(or Republic like us), a people scared of it's government is tyranny. There really is no middle ground.
I love you brother WIlldup, keep the conversation going and corruption will continue to be exposed. I just think you are looking under the wrong rock. Check out some of the others, they are all over the place.