But rather than own their failure, they work - hard - the “OMG it’s all his fault” narrative (read: deflection and distraction) and it works. So well, they keep doing it.

But repetition of a lie doesn’t make it true. Concession to buy into a lie, also doesn’t make it true.

No doubt DJT has his flaws. But he’s still a scapegoat. Why? Because no one is asking “How did we get here?”