Scott Ritter: Buyer-s remorse made Trump. It has now also wrecked the Republicans

Scott Ritter: Buyer-s remorse made Trump. It has now also wrecked the Republicans

It’s a cycle: either party will gleefully ride the other’s failures, but neither will address the voters’ real concerns
American voters brought Donald Trump to power, handing him the opportunity to radically transform the political landscape of America, building upon overwhelming discontent about the political status quo that had metastasized over the course of successive presidential administrations, both Republican and Democratic.
And on November 3 American voters, in a fit of buyer’s remorse, voted for the very party they had rejected two years prior.
In 2024, Donald Trump was elected to a second term as president after running on a platform centered on the concept of Making America Great Again, or MAGA.
Riding on Trump’s MAGA coattails, Republicans were able to win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, providing him with the opportunity to enact the kind of transformative changes in American politics his supporters were expecting – indeed, demanding. Two years later, the MAGA political machine lies in ruins.
Democrats, building on a wave of discontent and disappointment among an American electorate over the two-year track record of non-performance by Trump and his Congressional Republicans, have won decisive majorities in both houses of Congress, and are positioned to challenge Trump’s agenda for the remaining two years of his term.
Or more. Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat and the presumptive chairman of the House Oversight Committee once the Democrats take control of the House of Representatives, issued a two-word warning to Republicans once the scope and scale of the Democratic victory became clear: Lawyer up.
In a subsequent statement, Garcia declared that under his leadership the Oversight Committee would focus on four major investigations. The first is: We’re going to take on the Trump crime family, Garcia said. The amount of grift and corruption is unprecedented in American politics.
In this regard, Garcia will seek to interview Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner along with other Trump family members about their alleged business dealings and any connection with the official duties of the president.
Our second investigation is focused on DHS (the Department of Homeland Security) and the abuses of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Garcia declared. When people are being kidnapped and detained, thrown to the ground, arms broken, people snatched up on their way to immigration appointments that we the government gave them – that’s inhumane, it’s wrong, and I think the American public – regardless of party – are sick of it.
Garcia also plans to investigate corporate donors to the White House ballroom, no-bid contracts like the Reflecting Pool contractor and companies he has said are ripping off the American public. While you’re struggling, CEOs and companies across this country are making record profits, he said. They’re putting in systems of surveillance pricing, so that when you go to the supermarket, you might be paying a different price than your neighbor.
Garcia also intends to probe further into the scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, saying he wants to hold public hearings, which would replace the interviews that occurred behind closed doors when Republicans were in control of Congress.
Other Democrats have indicated that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will come under investigation for potential war crimes and other impeachable offenses.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is likewise expected to be put under the oversight microscope.
A third impeachment of President Trump is very much on the table as well.
There can be no doubt that many Democratic voters, perhaps a very large majority, will support Garcia’s vindictive agenda.
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