Sometimes even people that have made their entire identity “Trump” can’t wallpaper his depravity. His appalling Reiner post seems to be one of those moments. This is less about their feelings but more about fearing what a mask off moment like this does to their movement. bsky.app/profile/mari...

Yep. A lot of folks memory-holed the cult of personality surrounding Bush and frankly the entire post-9/11 GOP.

Once rally-round-the-flag faded, the window for course corrections were far too narrow and then the crash closed any remaining avenues.

Trump has even narrower options than GWB ‘05.