CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 27, 2023
RECENT POLLS HAVE SHOWN THE PUBLIC’S RATING OF CONGRESS HAS REACHED THE LOW DOUBLE DIGITS.
NEWLY-MINTED CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS MAY TAKE THE BODY EVEN LOWER IN PUBLIC DISAPPROVAL WHEN IT COMES TO CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY, TWO QUALITIES THAT USED TO MATTER IN OUR LEADERS. IF REPUBLICANS DON’T EXPEL HIM THEY CAN GIVE UP BEING THE PARTY OF FAMILY VALUES AND THE HOME FOR MANY EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS. SOME HAVE ARGUED THESE HAVE ALREADY LOST CREDIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR WORSHIPFUL SUPPORT OF DONALD TRUMP, HIS NAME CALLING AND OTHER BEHAVIOR THEY HAVE FOUND OBNOXIOUS IN OTHERS. THINK BILL CLINTON.
WHILE LYING AND OTHER IMMORAL BEHAVIOR HAS NOT HARMED SOME DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS CAN’T IGNORE OR EXPLAIN AWAY SANTOS’S LIES, HIS QUESTIONABLE SEXUAL AND MARITAL BEHAVIOR, DRAG QUEEN PERSONNAE AND QUESTIONS SURROUNDING HIS FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
DO REPUBLICANS CARE SO MUCH ABOUT KEEPING THEIR SLIM FIVE-VOTE MAJORITY THAT THEY WILL TOLERATE SANTOS? IF THEY DO, THEIR OWN CREDIBILITY WILL SINK EVEN FURTHER THAN CONGRESS AS A WHOLE. IT’S TOO HIGH PRICE TO PAY. I’M CAL THOMAS.
