As The Worm Turns

And it begins to come into full flower. The need for building lifeboats is seeping into the MAGA hive brain.

The 'elite' that the rubes have been taught to loathe are busily deflecting in order to take the thing in a slightly different direction. They're now telling the unwashed Republican masses that they've been betrayed, which is pretty easy to do because they've been conditioned to see themselves as victims all along - it's one of the main tools authoritarians use to manipulate people.

hat tip = The Professional Left