The new Republican revolution — what could be worse…

This week the MAGA movement officially became a revolt. The unsubtle moves made by the Trump II Administration reminded me of the Ray Bradbury short story “All Summer in a Day.” It is a story about bullies who lock a student named Margot in a closet for the Venusian summer- one day of sunshine that recurs only for a day every seven years. The cruelty of the moment lasts far beyond their ability to regret the heartless disregard for Margot’s opportunity to enjoy the brief summer she so misses from her time on earth. Instead, they enjoy a season of cruelty- all in a day.

Forget the vengeful despot leading the revolt and let’s focus on his followers who have waited for his return for four years. They could hardly wait for his enemies to get their comeuppance, and like Margot’s classmates, they will live to regret their complicity in an evil deed. The rest of us, like Margot, have lost something we will never regain. Democracy is as fragile and rare as a Venusian summer.

Perhaps, Trump is trying to rebrand the party that has lived off the embers of their last revolution for the past forty years- the one they claim was their most recent shining moment. It was a moment mostly created by speechwriters who were the “lipstick” smeared on the conservative icon who was heralded for his union-busting, economic trickling, and illegal trading…