GOP veterans have begun to fret that the pipeline feeding young conservative "talent" into government job has collapsed under the pressure of a Trumpist ideology that prefers sycophancy to smarts, Politico reported Saturday.The guy in the hot dog suit says they’re still trying to find the guy responsible for the hot dog car accident.
“We have a generation of rabid, incompetent idiots," a senior GOP congressional staffer told Politico. "The organizations that bring young staffers to Washington, D.C. have spent the last decade prioritizing blind ideological loyalty instead of competence or intelligence."
Politco argues the concerns amount to more than middle-aged griping about "kids these days."And they’re figuring this out now? Are they so sure it hasn’t “cripple[d] the party’s ability to govern” already? Who could have done such an evil thing to the Grand Old Party? Who could be this Pied Piper of meritlessness and complete lack of ability?
"Critics fear a decline of merit and skill," Politico reported, "along with a tolerance for darker ideologies that could cripple the party’s ability to govern in the long run."
Another source argued the problem is, as Politico described it, "a generation hooked on the conspiratorial musings of Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens."Who in the world rose to power on conspiratorial musings? Who deluded our youth? From whence came these alien invaders with their evil brain worms?
“Five, eight years from now," the source said, "if we’re reliant on people with this view of the world, we’re in serious trouble.”I don’t think we have to wait that long.
The guy in the hot dog suit is going to be the new logo for the soon to be defunct GOP. This level of cluelessness is unsustainable. Especially when they are using it to defend an indefensible status quo. There’s “blind ideological loyalty.” And then there’s blind refusal to recognize the source of the problem.