Analysis: A Republican senator who voted for the Big Lie now thinks we should all just move on
With the benefit of several months of hindsight — and still no proof (or anything close) that the 2020 election was stolen or biased — CNN’s Pamela Brown asked the Kansas Republican whether he had any “regrets about your actions and any concern that they contributed to misinformation about the election?”
“Look, Pamela, we’re just so ready to move on. I made a decision based upon the facts that I knew at that point in time. I was concerned then and I still am today that six states broke their own laws or their own constitution, but it’s time to move on. It’s time for this country to heal. It’s time for a spirit of forgiveness to be happening. It’s time for this country to work together and focus on the goals that we can solve together.
“We’ve got plenty of challenges right now we’re making great progress coming out of this COVID virus. The economies bounce back, it’s time to move on.”
See, no matter how much Marshall wants to put that vote to undermine a fair election in the rear view mirror, it’s very clear that neither the man on the losing end of that election nor the supporters that comprise the GOP base are ready to move on.
So, 70% of Republicans believe the Big Lie. And not just believe it, but are willing to punish anyone in the party who tells the truth!
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Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, was booed at a gathering of state party regulars over the weekend because he voted to impeach Trump for the former President’s role in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.
So, no, Sen. Marshall, we can’t just “move on” from the January 6 riots and the votes taken that day to undermine a free and fair election. Because what happened that day — including the votes that Marshall and almost 150 of his Republican colleagues in the House and Senate cast — continues to reverberate across American politics.
Denying the election results has become de rigeur for Republicans who want to stay on the right side of the former President and his loyal base.
Which means what happened on January 6 is still very much with us. Thanks, in part, to the likes of Marshall, who just wants to “move on.”
