MAGA or GOP. Is There a Difference?

When the late Barbara Bush was once asked what she thought of Donald Trump being President, she said that if the only way we could get rid of the Clintons was to put up with Trump for four years, so be it.

I’m beginning to think that to paraphrase Mrs. Bush, if we have to put up with the GOP taking over the Senate and the House for two years in order to get rid of the whole MAGA bunch, so be it.

Just imagine what will happen in 2024 if beginning next year, we get a daily dose of Marjorie Taylor Greene running the House Appropriations Committee and pushing a bill penalizing any school system for teaching a course which doesn’t include a very clear denunciation of gays and LGBTQ styles.

Or better yet, imagine the Senate Health & Education Committee chaired by Rand Paul, who yesterday threatened Anthony Fauci because he believes that Fauci is — ready? — against immunizations.

Do you think that the MAGA political mentality only began with Trump? If we assume that MAGA is just a way to intimidate or attack anyone who actually believes in things like science, education, and the responsibility of government to provide for the welfare of all, then you haven’t been paying attention to guys like Rand Paul, who’s been attacking government-funded science research since he was first elected to the Senate back in 2010.