"The Democrats have to hold the Republicans accountable!"

[kentuck]

I was watching Nicolle Wallace's show and they did a commercial for Morning Joe and Joe was bellowing out the above quote.

Why?

Why do Democrats have to hold Republicans accountable??

Shouldn't Republicans be holding their own accountable?

Shouldn't Republicans be insisting that the DOJ hold the criminals accountable, regardless of Party?

The country needs the Republicans to wake up and get involved, or to borrow a phrase from Donald Trump, they won't have a country to save.

It's time for Republicans to stop looking to the Democrats to save this country and to get involved themselves.

The criminals are hiding behind the Republican Party. If there are Republicans that are concerned about our democracy and our country, they need to stand up at this time and stop depending on the Democrats alone to save this country.

[Walleye]

1. We are pretty busy trying to clean up the mess they made. Now we have to hold'em accountable as well

[bucolic_frolic]

2. There are only 12 or so of them

The rest are compromised. Dirty little inside deals are how they operate. Just like business school. Collusion, cover stories, the enemy on the outside, the good guys on the inside. Inverse paranoia. That is the system and it's how they roll.

[TheRealNorth]

3. The Republican base is morally bankrupt

And don't want Democracy. And if we resist, they either want to kill us, enslave us, or ship us to Africa.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

4. I despise that partisan framing. Should be "the nation has to hold Republicans accountable."

The criminals, including TFG, are hiding behind millions of dollars of right-wing corporate and high-wealth money and a very thick layer of right-wing media lies and deceptions.

Republicans are far more worried about a Christmas tree set alight than our entire nation burning to the ground....

[world wide wally]

5. There are no more republicans.

Whoever those dweebs are should be forced to come up with their own name. May I suggest the Dweebicons or maybe the Q Qlux Qlan.

[Saoirse9]

6. Well said! I'm tired of everyone assuming we are the only grownups!

Get mad at the rethuglicans for fucking up, not at the Democrats for not doing enough to hold them responsible.

Grow the fuck up GOP!

[Mr. Ected]

7. So many of them are complicit, kentuck

The entire party conspired to steal 2 elections.

[kentuck]

9. But the few that might leave them..

...might make a difference?

[Caliman73]

8. The simple answer is, Yes. Republicans should be holding their own accountable.

In the real world however, we know that they do not.

Granted, the frustration is palpable and I agree with your sentiment and frustration. The media is framing this situation as the responsibility of the opposition party when the Republicans should be policing their own. The thing is that this is something like asking Police forces to investigate and kick out their bad "cops" or the military to deal with their own sexual abuse problems. It certainly should happen, but there is a vested interest internally to not hold members of their own group accountable, especially not in public.

Who do you think, among Republicans would take the lead in "holding Republicans accountable?" The leadership is complicit. McConnell is compromised beyond belief. McCarthy is a puppet of Trump and carrying water for the most extreme elements in his own party. People like Cheney (horrible in her own right) and Kinzinger are ostracized or on their way out because even dared point out the problem in the caucus. Peter Meijer is similarly under threat for trying to hold up to some kind of ethical standards.

The realistic answer is that there do not appear to be any Republicans who are able to or willing to hold their own accountable. Democracy does not appear to be as important to Republicans as is holding onto and gaining power over the government.