I’m almost impressed by South Carolina Republican Rep. Tom Rice’s abrupt, if somewhat lackluster, about face in regards to his vote not to certify President Joe Biden’s electoral victory nearly one year ago. Almost. Because while it’s unquestionably good and healthy to own up to one’s past mistakes, that’s not what Rice actually did — even if he’s gone marginally farther than any other Republican member of Congress to date.
In an interview with Politico published Thursday, Rice basked in the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, telling the publication that “in retrospect I should have voted to certify, because President Trump was responsible for the attack on the Capitol.”
