Boy, do we miss Nikki Haley.
Although she never had a chance, Haley helped maintain decorum in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Now, the gloves are off. It’s MAGA nation full throttle.
If Friday night is to be an example, we’re headed for an ugly campaign season.
The setting was a fundraising event for the Johnson County Republican Party. Tickets sold for up to several hundred dollars. A feature of the night was to pummel a life-size effigy of President Joe Biden.
Videos and photos showed participants either kicking or using a foam bat to attack Biden’s likeness, which also was fitted with a T-shirt on which was emblazoned “Let’s Go Brandon,” code for wishing the president ill.
Once word got out — the story has now made headlines around the world — some Republicans said they were shocked and called for the resignations of state party leaders.
We’re not holding our breath.
When people feel emboldened to act out their worst instincts, it weakens society’s moral fabric.
Discipline requires maturity.
Either we’re a country of law and order or one of unbridled chaos.
It’s a decision we each have to make, now more than ever.
— Susan Lynn
