One accusation that you can never level at the contemporary Republican Party is "taking things in stride." Since former President Donald Trump's swift and unanimous conviction on 34 felony counts in Manhattan last Thursday, Republicans across the country, from pundits to presidential candidates, have absolutely lost their minds, promising revenge and retribution by prosecuting Democrats everywhere for... well, they'll get back to you about that. The thing they want you to know is that they will now use "lawfare" to prosecute Democrats for unnamed crimes as both retribution and deterrent. And just like what gets released into the atmosphere every time a flimsy MAGA balloon pops, it is mostly hot air.

Republicans want everyone to know that they are extremely angry about Trump's convictions. "It's time to fight fire with fire," wrote Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who also took the time to make absurd comparisons to communist show trials. Trump advisor Stephen Miller asked, "Is every Republican D.A. starting every investigation they need to right now?" Former Trump advisor Stephen Bannon—who is, notably, about to go to prison—also urged "dozens of ambitious backbencher state attorneys general and district attorneys" to "seize the day." (You might be wondering: what is a backbencher attorney general? Don't get hung up on the details! Just get mad and buy some Trump conviction merch!).

The takeaway is that they are so outraged by what they regard as politically........

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