Flynn\u2019s criticism cut deeper than a simple policy disagreement because it spoke to a raw,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
unresolved wound on the right: who truly stood firm in 2020, and who, in their eyes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
folded when the stakes were highest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Flynn\u2019s supporters, Pence became the embodiment of a familiar betrayal\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the politician who campaigns as a warrior, then disappears behind rules, norms,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and legalisms when the moment turns dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They see his actions not as constitutional courage, but as abandonment dressed up as duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pence\u2019s defenders, meanwhile, argue that history will remember him as the adult in the room,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a man who refused to bend the Constitution to partisan fury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That clash\u2014between populist passion and institutional restraint\u2014now defines a movement still at war with itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flynn\u2019s attack didn\u2019t start that war, but it reminded everyone that the question of who<\/p>\n\n\n\n
betrayed whom is still very much alive, and still painfully unresolved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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