Just read a story in the Seattle Times that Joe Kent, who is running for Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s seat, has some very specific Day One priorities: “Impeach Joe Biden. Impeach Kamala Harris. Maybe install Donald Trump — or one of his children — as Speaker of the House.” He then admitted “the odds of his plan succeeding are slim. But obstruction and revenge are the point: ‘In a lot of ways the process is the punishment,’ he said. ‘That’s what they did with Trump. We’ll do it to them.’ ” (“In Southwest WA, a far-right clash tests power of Trump’s endorsement in race for Congress,” The Seattle Times, April 11.)
We don’t need this buffoon in Congress. We don’t need more obstruction and revenge. I think we do need to bring back the term kakistocracy: “a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.” I think this term can be fairly applied to any government that would be set up by the MAGA-Trump wing of the Republican Party.
