Nice democratic republic you’ve got. It would be a shame if you let a few podcasters tear it apart. The rips and rends in the fabric of our politics were already visible before Charlie Kirk‘s death. An uproar of blame and counterblame began with undignified haste and will be argued over the poor man’s coffin. It emits more heat than light, but the light it casts resembles the one Douglas Murray detected after the Palestinian assault on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023: “Sometimes a flare goes up, and you see exactly where everyone is.”

Americans are a high-consensus house divided. Consensus won over division in the 2024 elections. The majority want the “Great Woke Wars” to end. They want the government to go back to what it is supposed to do: hold the ring so that we can get on with real life. They want a reset from the state-mandated madness of racial conflict, radical cosplay, and gender psychosis that the Democrats installed at every level of American life. They want justice. But too many Republicans want revenge, and the “Make America Great Again” fringe wants blood. If the Republicans carry on like this, they will lose the public’s trust. Faced with the madness of MAGA, the voters will “Make America Democratic Again.”

“Revenge is a form of wild justice,” said Francis Bacon, the crooked lawyer who rose to........

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