No common ground left to stand on?

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@Budget_Player_Cadet

[…]insanity that congressional republicans are intentionally spreading, mind you - just to be able to get to the point where we discuss what the president is actually doing - let alone what effects it might have, or what context is involved.

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@Little_Nemo

Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) was being interviewed by Chris Wallace on Fox News.

Wallace: “Senator Kennedy, who do you believe was responsible for hacking the DNC and Clinton campaign computers - their emails? Was it Russia or Ukraine?”

Kennedy: “I don’t know. Nor do you. Nor do any of us.”

Wallace: “Let me just interrupt to say that the entire intelligence community says it was Russia.”

Kennedy: “Right, but it could also be Ukraine. I’m not saying that I know one way or the other.”

Here you have a top Republican seemingly proud of his ignorance. Sure, you can - with enough effort - put facts into his head. But you will never be able to force him to learn anything from those facts.

Postmodern republicanism. The facts don’t matter. What matters is power. They know for a fact it’s wrong. They know for a fact it’s a lie. They spread it anyways, because what they’re doing is indefensible otherwise.