{"id":115899,"date":"2021-02-02T15:55:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115899"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:57:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:57:01","slug":"washington-post-opinion-columnists-struggle-to-accept-reality-of-trumps-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-opinion-columnists-struggle-to-accept-reality-of-trumps-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post Opinion Columnists Struggle to Accept Reality of Trump\u2019s Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-post-opinion-columnists-struggle-to-accept-reality-of-trumps-defeat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115899&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wash-post-opinion-768x512-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is certainly true that some of former president Donald Trump&#8217;s supporters are struggling to come to terms with his defeat in the 2020 election. But the struggle to accept political reality is even more pronounced among Trump&#8217;s hysterical critics at the <em>Washington Post<\/em> opinion section.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: italic\">Trigger warning<\/strong><i>:\u00a0The following contains detailed descriptions of addiction,\u00a0codependency, and withdrawal.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Satire<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/washington-post-opinion-struggle\/\"><strong>Washington Post Opinion Columnists Struggle to Accept Reality of Trump&#8217;s Defeat<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/disrupters-2021\/\"><strong>Free Beacon Presents: Political Disrupters to Watch in 2021<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/biden-priorities\/\"><strong>As Thousands Die From COVID on His Watch, Biden Vows to &#8216;Speed Up&#8217; Efforts to Redesign $20 Bill<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nearly two weeks have passed since President Joe Biden was inaugurated. For many in the professional journalism community, it was an occasion to celebrate. Tragically, though, it was also a &#8220;rock bottom&#8221; moment for opinion columnists whose addiction to being outraged by Trump had rendered them intellectually inert and incapable of writing about anything else.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Adler, senior editor at <em>Yahoo! News<\/em>, captured the desperation of his fellow addicts in his <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/when-will-we-hear-from-donald-trump-again-161406252.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">column<\/a> this week: &#8220;When will we hear from Donald Trump again?&#8221; Like a strung-out Hunter Biden scavenging the alleys of Skid Row for a luscious lump of crack, the journos cry out in despair. They&#8217;ll do <em>anything<\/em> to fill the Trump-shaped hole in their hearts.<\/p>\n<p>The anguish of addiction haunts the pages of the <em>Post<\/em> opinion section, where hardcore junkies like <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/jennifer-rubin-column-bot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennifer Rubin<\/a> are still chasing that Trump high by gorging themselves on &#8220;Republican Party&#8221; outrage, which doesn&#8217;t hit the same.<\/p>\n<p>A sample of the columns Rubin has published since Inauguration Day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Shrinking the GOP, one state at a time&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;Republican weakness enables domestic terrorism&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;The Republican Party is about doing nothing&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;Just how nuts is the Republican Party?&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;The latest attempt to normalize the Republican Party&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;Prosecuting Trump is more essential than ever&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see by the final entry, opinion columnists are often unable to resist the urge to attack the former president. Earlier this week, for example, Michael Gerson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/trumpism-is-american-fascism\/2021\/02\/01\/c410f662-64b2-11eb-8c64-9595888caa15_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opined<\/a> that &#8220;Trumpism is American fascism.&#8221; Trump may be gone, but our esteemed opinion writers continue to suffer from the intellectual lethargy his presidency inspired. Gerson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/a-fresh-start-for-republicans-can-come-only-if-they-abandon-authoritarian-populism\/2021\/01\/18\/ff4fb9e8-59bd-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">column<\/a> on Jan. 18 advised Republicans to &#8220;abandon authoritarian populism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/max-boot-column-bot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Boot<\/a>, as you might expect, has been sweating through his fedora, churning out insightful takes about his favorite subject:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;Republicans just blew their chance to move on from Trump&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;Trump couldn\u2019t have incited sedition without the help of Fox News&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;It\u2019s not just Trump on trial. It\u2019s the whole Republican Party.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"main-content\" class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;Rob Portman has done more damage to America than Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"main-content\" class=\" font--headline gray-darkest pb-sm null \" data-qa=\"headline\"><span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">&#8220;Trump was the worst president ever. But his failures set up Biden for success.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Boot&#8217;s grudging acknowledgment of Biden&#8217;s victory in that last example is echoed\u2014if not copied verbatim\u2014in the work of his colleagues. Indeed, one feels for the <em>Post<\/em> editors forced to come up with a different headline for what is essentially the same column.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eugene Robinson: &#8220;<span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">Trump leaves a scorched landscape. But Biden brings hope at last.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Colbert King: &#8220;<span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">Democrats have prevailed, but Trumpism is still here. We can\u2019t be complacent.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Boot, of course, is not alone in succumbing to the intoxication of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.), the freshman backbencher whose unapologetic insanity is the head rush version of Trump&#8217;s full body high.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colbert King: &#8220;The GOP once knew what to do about problems like Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Karen Tumulty: &#8220;<span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">The GOP struck a bad bargain. That\u2019s how it got stuck with Marjorie Taylor Greene.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Eugene Robinson: &#8220;<span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">If the GOP is to rise from the ashes, it has to burn first&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Parker: &#8220;<span data-qa=\"headline-opinion-text\">The GOP isn\u2019t doomed. It\u2019s dead.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth pointing out that not all <em>Post<\/em> opinion columnists are hopelessly addicted to the Orange Man&#8217;s badness. Jonathan Capehart, for example, appears to have resisted the temptation. His last two columns hark back to the simpler times of the Obama administration, when opinion columnists could earn their inflated salaries by expounding on the inherent greatness of Democratic politicians and their families.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"headline x-small normal-style text-align-inherit \">&#8220;Biden will return joy to the White House&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"headline x-small normal-style text-align-inherit \">&#8220;Why we should be in awe of Kamala Harris\u2019s mother&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>If someone you know is suffering from addiction, please encourage them to seek help.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/satire\/washington-post-opinion-struggle\/\">Washington Post Opinion Columnists Struggle to Accept Reality of Trump&#8217;s Defeat<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is certainly true that some of former president Donald Trump&#8217;s supporters are struggling to come to terms with his defeat in the 2020 election. 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