Surely Peter Baker is aware that the “soul-searching” isn’t going to happen. I mean, he's not stupid. If you talked to him in private, would he say that? I wonder. Is it a framing that the editors require? Basically, do the reporters who spout these obviously untrue predictions about the Republican Party returning to some semblance of “normalcy” actually believe it, or is it performative so that Republican electeds return their calls?
Surely Peter Baker is aware that the “soul-searching” isn’t going to happen. I mean, he's not stupid. If you talked to him in private, would he say that? I wonder. Is it a framing that the editors require? Basically, do the reporters who spout these obviously untrue predictions about the Republican Party returning to some semblance of “normalcy” actually believe it, or is it performative so that Republican electeds return their calls?