Even in a chamber filled with broken glass from the coup their lies instigated, GOP Congresspeople with dead eyes and deader souls parroted the same objections to a free and fair election based on the same lies that had fomented the assault (lies they knew were lies). They walked back through halls where the Confederate battle flag had flown as it never had during the Civil War, halls that had been smeared with shit from barbarian invaders goaded and egged on by their support of a lying failure of a man… and voted for the Confederacy and barbarism.
No admissions of guilt, wrongdoing or even “errors in judgement.” No admitting that “mistakes were made.” They looked straight at the same colleagues their voters had planned to kidnap and hang (and very likely rape) and told them they’d do it all over again.
No sudden resignations or disappearances since then. Nothing but projected accusations of division and disloyalty.
In 8 days they’ll be the minority in Congress.
I think they’re banking on something happening between now and Inauguration Day. Something that, if it goes “right” in their eyes, will save their worthless skins by wiping out the chain of succession and accountability as their January 6 uprising failed to do. Why leave now when there’s one last chance to rule? They’re already in deep shit — as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. They’re Delta House about to be expelled, but with assassination instead of floats.
So they wave the flag that was used to beat a police officer. They moan about divisiveness. They bawl about losing their Twitter and Facebook bot-followers to any outlet that will have them. They once again clot together to refuse to vote for a 25th-amendment solution or impeachment, making good and sure their hysterical, violent followers see this as an unpatriotic, partisan attack on their beloved, rightful POTUS.
And. They. Wait.