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We now have data...  62% of registered voters in America think that the Capitol Riots are a threat to Democracy. 55% of independents see it that way. A full 27% of Republicans agree. That's a remarkable number who see protests by THEIR side as not only wrong, but a full on threat to democracy! That's incredible.  Only 21% of Americans actually support the treasonous riots at the Capitol. On the one hand, that's a staggeringly high number who are so deluded by conspiracy theories and delusional misinformation that they actively support treason. On the other hand, if Republicans were to "hitch their wagon" to such an unpopular position, it would spell their doom electorally.  Will they?  Well... only 45% of Republicans actually support the treasonous riots, meaning that the events at the capitol have split the Republican party bitterly... and almost in half. And it is not clear which half might come out "in control" of the Republican party long term. What

Genuine conservative people of integrity are now leaving the Republican party . I actually think this is a bad thing.  Bear with me here... I don't think it's a bad thing that people with integrity would choose to leave a party that has come to stand for racism, xenophobia, homophobia, and tax cuts to the ultra rich. I think it is a bad thing that the conservative party in American has made this a necessity.  I believe that it is healthy for a nation to have both a viable party of reform (liberal) and a party of viable conservativism (opposition to reform). History tells us that liberals are quite likely to tear down a fence before they know what it was there for. Their reforms sometimes have unintended consequences that cause more damage than benefit. In contrast, conservatives often cling to policies and positions in the past that harm people, unwilling to change them. I believe that it is in the tension between these too contrary positions that gradual progress in the RIGHT