If there were anyone in charge, anyone with a plan or policy program or overarching message, they wouldn’t be doing what they’re doing. No one, even McConnell, can herd these cats. The party – from top electeds to think tankers to party officials to voters — has become one big swarming mass of hack pundits competing to go viral.
— Political commentator and analyst David Roberts on the Republican Party’s self-destructing politics (Twitter, via Thread Reader)