The head of the pin

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? None. There is no room on that pin with the extreme right whirling like dervishes trying to find a stance. When Trump declared Putin “a smart guy,” Right-wing extremists jumped on that angle to support Putin. With the world outrage at Putin’s naked aggression, that position quickly became untenable. Overnight, the party line pivoted to Biden – “Biden should have, Biden could have. Why didn’t Biden do more?” Putin’s invasion of Ukraine became, somehow, Biden’s fault.  

 For Biden’s State of the Union Address on March 1, many members of Congress – on both sides of the aisle – wore yellow and blue to support Ukraine. In the address Biden made a strong case for unity in the face of unprecedented challenges.

Instead of unity in this national moment, Colorado’s Lauren Boebert and Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, fringe right junior representatives, shouted taunts at Biden. The world has called Putin out on his aggression. We are confronting the most chilling attack on democracy since World War II. And still, the far right is trying to make political hay. Instead of finding common ground, this is their response. The radical right will pivot yet again finding new angles to subvert the world’s problems for their agenda. The head of the pin has become a very busy place.  

– john van becay, Aurora