The Republican party just can't let go of Trump

To raise your voice against Donald Trump if you're in the Republican party is to commit political suicide. Congresswoman Liz Cheney who is one of the leading lights in the party and chairs an important committee in the House of Representatives is being ousted because of her opposition to Trump. It is becoming increasingy vitriolic and it sounds like she is going to be shunted off any sort of leadership role and replaced by a fervent Trumpite. As for Senator Lindsey Graham, arch supporter of Trump, he has made it quite clear that if anyone thinks the Republican party can survive without the former president then they might as well go and live in a cave in Montana. No he didn't say that last bit but he did say Trump and the Republican party were inextricably linked. Poor Liz Cheney and poor Republican party. They just can't let go. Senator Mitch McConnell has said how important it is to look forward not back, ie drop Trump but he was shouted down and has since gone quite quiet. But Liz Cheney has stuck to her guns and as a result she will fall. The other voice speaking out is Senator Mitt Romney. He has been anti-Trump for longer than most. But when he made a speech the other day he was jeered and booed and heckled. All of which must be music to the ears of Donald J Trump down in Florida whose ego was bashed by the 2020 election but who seems to think that the Republican party owes him and intends to stick around until the electorate - well the Trumpite electorate - begs him to stand again for president in 2024. Which they probably will. So whatever Cheney and Romney and a few others say, the Republican party will remain cemented into the past and will depend on Trump to get them out of the doldrums. They will, I think, fail and then most of the sensible Republicans will finally say enough is enough, we need another leader.