The GOP Doubles Down on Crazy

Christ Ministering to the Homosexuals in Salt Lake City, Watercolor, 51" x 43", 1996, Richard J Van Wagoner, Courtesy of Van Wagoner Family Trust.**

The 2022 midterms were a referendum on crazy. Parlaying its losing strategy and expecting a different outcome might be confirmation that the Republican party is, indeed, certifiable.

The Freedom Caucus that controls the House via nominal speaker McCarthy and Republican-controlled legislatures throughout the country are competing to see which one can out fearmonger, out hate, out bigot, out bully, out repress…