America must beware the revisionists

Adam Solomons | 3rd February 2021 | Uncategorised

US Senator Ted Cruz official portrait, 2019

Republicans exploiting the language of unity seek to minimise their role in the Capitol riot. Americans must see through them, says Adam Solomons

Elephants are said to have the longest memories, but senior Republicans would have us think they have the minds of goldfish. This became abundantly clear two days ago, when several Republican congressmen called on Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez to apologise for tweeting Ted Cruz “almost had me murdered” in inciting the storming of the Capitol on January 6. A far cry from the language of remorse and reconciliation we heard on that day and in its immediate aftermath, elected Republicans expected Ocasio-Cortez’s to withdraw any insinuation Cruz held responsibility for the violence. In what sounded like its own thinly-veiled threat, Texas representative Chip Roy advised Nancy Pelosi to force her colleague’s apology, otherwise they would “find alternative means to condemn this regrettable statement.” What that means I sincerely hope we never find out. Less villainous but still corrosive are the arguments made by Roy’s pseudo-respectable congressional colleagues, such as Senators Marco Rubio, Jo...

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