Like many a professional opinion-haver who has been at it a long time, I grow weary of "Republicans are hypocrites" discourse. This has, of course, been a demonstrable truth for a very long time now, yet it never seems to move the needle. The party of "family values" is in the thrall of a thrice-divorced chronic adulterer who bragged about how he likes to "grab them by the pussy." Clearly, being seen as hypocrites doesn't bother the vast majority of Republican politicians or voters. If anything, they probably like how their bad faith "triggers" the liberals.
And yet, I can't quite blow off two recent stories about the depraved depths of Republican hypocrisy: Right wing reality TV star Jessa Duggar Seewald terminating a pregnancy, and photos surfacing of anti-drag Republican politicians wearing women's clothes. In both cases, it's not just that the people involved are massive hypocrites. Republicans love to make noble claims about their intentions as if they care about "protecting life" or "protecting children." In reality, as these stories show, their main goal is policing people's personal lives and self-expression based on gender.
