Mitt Romney
Is Wrong: It’s Republicans Not Americans Who Are In Denial
Mitt Romney penned a
4th of July piece where he argued that Americans are in denial, but it is
Republicans who refuse to see the truth.
Sen. Romney wrote in The Atlantic:
And when a renowned
conservative former federal appellate judge testifies that we are already in a
war for our democracy and that January 6, 2021, was a genuine constitutional
crisis, MAGA loyalists snicker that he speaks slowly and celebrate that most people
weren’t watching.
….
What accounts for the
blithe dismissal of potentially cataclysmic threats? The left thinks the right
is at fault for ignoring climate change and the attacks on our political
system. The right thinks the left is the problem for ignoring illegal
immigration and the national debt. But wishful thinking happens across the
political spectrum. More and more, we are a nation in denial.
Mitt Romney Blames
Both Sides
Romney’s intentions
were good. He suggests that America needs to wake up, but Sen. Romney’s
diagnosis is way off.
Mitt Romney argues
that both sides are to blame for the current denialism in America. It is
the sort of point that is catnip to both sides do it corporate media. It is
also total BS.
The Denialism In
America Is Coming From Republicans And The Right
The Republican Party
has become the party of denial. They deny that Trump lost the 2020 election.
The GOP denies climate change. Republicans deny that guns are the problem in
mass shootings. The right denies that women should not be forced to carry
children and denied choice.
Under Trump, the
Republicans have gone from being an anti-progress party to an anti-reality
party. It is impossible for both sides to work together and the political
system to function as intended when Republicans deny reality.
The issue goes much
deeper than Trump. Fox News and conservative media pump misinformation and
zero-sum partisan politics into their consumers to create voters who punish
Republicans for working with Democrats.
Romney himself is not
immune from this pressure. The Republican from Utah voted to convict Donald
Trump but also for all of Trump’s Supreme Court nominees.
The problem isn’t
American denial. It’s Republican denial, and Mitt Romney is also part of the
problem.