"Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) blamed Biden for the attack".

"Appearing on the Fox News Channel last night, DeSantis blamed Biden for the crisis. “He said he was going to end Covid,” DeSantis said. “He hasn’t done that.”"

Dr. Richardson, why are you taken aback? You are a historian and know that......

These two sentences point to the real culprit: Profound American ignorance that has resulted in Fox News and One America News being able to say any lie and have it immediately lapped up like warm milk by ignorant, poorly read, Americans. Profound ignorance in America is not new and has been present in every wave of immigration from the bottom of Europe's economic class system and maintained for generations, with some tiny fraction of the population drawn to reading like John Adams. But, he was the rare case exception, not the rule.

Remember the Salem witch trials where folks would believe any crazy accusation against a poor 14 year old girl? Then get in line to watch her literally burn?

The problem is not Republicans. They are the symptom of the problem. Like burning teenagers.

The real problem? Americans are so profoundly ignorant and so well trained in methods of belief, without critical analysis, that if they look up and see a blue sky, and some loud blowhard on Fox News says that is a yellow sky, they believe it!! This state of gullible ignorance has ALWAYS been part of America.

Unfortunately, this problem is not really solvable by Joe Biden. The people looking for the return of a Messiah, willing to believe that night is day, etc., are looking for, well, someone like Trump to tell them HE is THE ONE.

Of course, Americans, having been schooled in the art of believing the white man at the front of the church on Sunday morning, no matter what he says?

Well then, when Trump says he is the Messiah?? And their preachers get behind him? Americans will believe. (anything at all).

Probably NONE of Trump's supporters even knew about Trump's surrender agreement with the Taliban. So, Republicans blaming Biden??

Easy as looking up at that yellow sky.

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