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E. A. Bare's avatar

Whether Cruz is aware of the irony that he is now a member of Congress strategizing about Twitter with its CEO was unclear.)

It is simply the republican belief in their rules. The rules are for thee but not for me.

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Bruce Lawrence's avatar

I think Republicans have now marinated in their supposed victimhood for so long that they cannot conceive of themselves as part of any establishment. My old roommate, a senior official in a cabinet-level department, raved in his Christmas letter about the Deep State, seemingly oblivious to the reality that if there were really a Deep State, he would be the Deep State.

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