Interesting take on GOP playing the victim.
Opinion: Ted Cruz’s latest Cancún spin shows the rot of GOP victimization runs deep.
(This link may work - not sure about paywall)
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/23/ted-cruz-hannity-cancun-spin/
Mark it down. Republicans have hit on a new way to spin away their own screw-ups and scandals: by claiming the media focus on their political travails is driven by the press’s search for a new Republican victim, now that former president Donald Trump has largely exited public life.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has just road-tested this new line in response to continuing questions about his trip to Cancún during the Texas power shortage, which left millions freezing without power.
This may seem silly and desperate, but it’s worth pausing over because it illustrates a deeper intellectual habit that post-Trump Republicans are increasingly falling back upon, one that is likely to get more widespread.
We’re talking here about the relentless instinct to portray Trump as a victim, not just as misdirection, but also as a catchall justification. And this reaches far beyond Cruz’s Cancún excursion. It’s the through line to something of far greater consequence: the GOP escalation of voter suppression and counter-majoritarian tactics in states across the country.
Continues.