Well, it’s now official: The Republican Party under the sway of Donald Trump has completely jumped the shark and is now operating via remote-control madness mixed with idiocy.
Proof of that was provided by Congressman Rep. Kevin Hurn (R-OK) during an appearance on CNBC this morning.
Speaking with host Andrew Ross Sorkin, Hurn was asked, “Congressman, do you have any realistic expectation that maybe something that would be added to this bill would include either buying Greenland or perhaps buying the Panama Canal or, I don’t know about buying Canada, maybe merging with Canada?”
Hurn replied, “Well, I don’t — not sure yet. We’re all going down to Mar-a-Lago over the next three or four days to share different opinions, thoughts on some of the things that have been discussed.”
“I want to look at this and see what the opportunities are as recently in Panama,” he added. “The [president-elect] knows this, and he wants to make sure that we don’t get encircled, whether it be Greenland in Canada or the Panama Canal, and make sure that we have national security.”
“So one of the things we have the most important role to do in Congress is to protect this great nation,” the congressman said.
Sorkin noted that Canadian officials had countered Trump’s ridiculous talk about taking over their country by suggesting they might want to purchase Alaska and Minnesota.
“Well good luck on Canada buying anything out of America,” Hurn responded. “You know President Trump will push as we all know he’s a businessman.”
“He will set the boundaries and have everybody think twice before they do something that might be radical as that was suggested by the folks in Canada.”
It has been said many times before but needs to be repeated: Today’s Republican Party is a cult, and they’re only too happy to drive this country off a cliff if Trump tells them to.