Party of the apes?
I have no idea why our disgraced, twice impeached, one-term, insurrectionist ex-president still maintains he won the 2020 presidential election.
I无毛视频檓 not the only one.
By happenstance, I caught an interview with that renowned primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall a few days ago.
Just in case you无毛视频檙e not hip to primatology and anthropology, she studies apes. And she无毛视频檚 pretty good at it.
Goodall has been living with chimpanzees, on and off, since 1960.
She took time away from her apes long enough to get herself interviewed by MSNBC无毛视频檚 Ari Melber.
It was enlightening.
Melber played a mash-up of old Donald Trump videos. Then he had Goodall characterize them.
无毛视频淚 see the same sort of behavior as a male chimpanzee will show when he is competing for dominance with another,无毛视频� said Goodall.
That was for starters. She was getting wound up.
无毛视频淭hey无毛视频檙e upright. They swagger. They project themselves as really more large and aggressive than they may actually be in order to intimidate their rivals,无毛视频� she said.
Ah, yes. That无毛视频檚 the Donald Trump who makes sure to offer derisive nicknames (Sleepy Joe, Crooked Hillary, Little Marco, and his latest for his potential presidential rival 无毛视频� Ron DeSanctimonious).
Who can forget how he refused to stop interrupting Joe Biden during their first debate? Or, that he kept walking right behind Hillary Clinton when he debated her in 2016.
Goodall seems to have pegged Mr. Trump for who he really is 无毛视频� a blowhard, without any good intentions 无毛视频� except for himself.
But she wasn无毛视频檛 finished.
Melber asked her about a guy with those traits, who controls a nuclear arsenal.
无毛视频淚无毛视频檓 not an American, and I无毛视频檓 not a politician,无毛视频� she replied. But the question was too juicy to leave at that.
无毛视频淟ooking at it from the outside, I see the divisiveness that无毛视频檚 being created in your America is a tragedy. And it无毛视频檚 a tragedy that can have a ripple effect around the world,无毛视频� she concluded.
There you have it.
The world无毛视频檚 leading authority on chimpanzees has defined our former president on her terms.
Too bad her interview with Ari Melber only lasted about 40 minutes. Goodall could无毛视频檝e defined all of those congressional Republicans who无毛视频檝e tried to call a halt to the certification of Joe Biden无毛视频檚 2020 win over Donald Trump by 无毛视频渕onkeying around无毛视频� with the U.S. Constitution.
She may have wanted to inspect all of those text messages that are currently being released by the Jan. 6 congressional committee that were sent to and from the account of Trump无毛视频檚 Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows.
According to the online publication Talking Points Memo, thousands of texts involving 34 members of Congress have been released that contain 无毛视频淐rackpot Legal Theories无毛视频� for the purpose of trying to get Meadows interested in calling a halt to Biden无毛视频檚 inauguration.
These weren无毛视频檛 texts from wild-eyed members of the Oath Keepers or Proud Boys. They were right-wing members of Congress, such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.).
Just three days before Biden was sworn in, on Jan. 17, 2021, Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina texted, 无毛视频淥ur last hope is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!无毛视频�
First, there is no such thing as 无毛视频淢arshall Law.无毛视频� Norman, an elected public servant, should know that the proper phrase is 无毛视频淢artial Law.无毛视频�
And further, Trump probably would have been issued a stiff rebuke for trying to institute Martial Law, three days before Biden无毛视频檚 inauguration.
But folks kept trying to get Meadows, who appeared to be a willing participant in the nonsense to go along with them.
Rep. Norman hadn无毛视频檛 been the only Congressional Republican to call for 无毛视频淢arshall Law无毛视频� to be invoked.
That perpetual irritant, Marjorie Taylor Greene, texted to Meadows, 无毛视频淚n our private chat with only Members, several are saying the only way to save our Republic is for Trump to call for Marshall Law,无毛视频� she said.
I understand that Jane Goodall probably doesn无毛视频檛 want to get involved with American politics.
But she无毛视频檇 have a field day studying today无毛视频檚 Republicans.
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 50-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.