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To Purge or Not to Purge?
That is the question in front of the Biden administration and the Democratic Congress.
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer will face a kafkaesque dilemma once the President-elect is inaugurated and the new Senate seated: to purge or not to purge?
Calls are mounting, in the wake of the 1/6/21 GOP-enabled, Trump-incited terrorist attack, for Senators Cruz and Hawley to resign, be disbarred, or be expelled under the provisions of the 14th Amendment. Cruz and Hawley are but the most despicable figureheads of a seditious movement that includes eight senators, 139 House members, and who knows how many members of the administration, civil servants, and law enforcement officers. As of today, the FBI has already opened 160 files, adding that the number would “grow geometrically” in the coming days and weeks, in what will undoubtedly be one of the most significant criminal investigations in the Bureau’s history.
It is a savoury twist of historical irony that the incoming Democratic administration and Congress will have a swamp to drain, but it is not a riskless endeavour.
In their infinite hypocrisy and cowardice, the GOP is already calling for “unity”, saying that impeaching Trump would prevent the country from healing. It’s like trying to dissuade a…
