In Plain Sight
Republicans have rigged election mechanics in more than half the states. But Party members are not worried about Democratic opponents. They are, though, more than worried about primary challengers from the anti-democracy right.
So right-wing Republicans, which today makes up most of the Party, are purging all but Trump loyalists, especially as the former guy is backing challengers against those who voted in favor of his impeachment in the House in January 2021 or those who speak out against the 6 January insurrection.
Last week, one of those people, Representative Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), announced he was retiring, in part because of right-wing threats against his family.
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“In an effort to strengthen his hold on the party and to purge it of unreliable elements, Hitler established the Committee for Examination and Adjustment (Untersuchungs–und Schlichtungs-Ausschuss). This body, which came to be known as the Uschla, went into operation in 1926. Its principal task was to investigate infractions of party regulations and acts of insubordination vis-a-vis Hitler and other leaders of the movement”. *
* GERMANY TRIED DEMOCRACY: A Political History of the Reich from 1918 to 1933. S. William Halperin, New York, 1946.
