Ready. Fire. Aim.

Back before Donald Trump’s wing of the party took over the establishment, one of the issues that provoked the anti-establishment conservatives to back Trump’s coup of the party was the non-stop promise-making of the establishment that the establishment never intended to keep.

They promised to repeal Obamacare. They did not.

They promised to cut spending. They only did this when conservative Freedom Caucus members forced reconciliation.

They promised to fight and never did.

They’d fundraise on their plans to fight for life; then they would fund Planned Parenthood. They’d fundraise on their plans to repeal Obamacare, then make it more complicated. They’d fundraise on fighting the EPA, then claim their hands were tied and there was nothing they could do.

People had enough and decided they’d rather burn down the party than hear more lies and promises prepared to be broken.

So it’s more than a little ironic that the present Trumpian establishment is now embracing the same strategy — make bold promises, fundraise, and blame everyone else when they cannot executive and break their promises.

In Georgia, State Senator Colton Moore and the Georgia Freedom Caucus, an entity I generally support, are behaving just like the establishment — promising action without any plan. They’ll fire, then aim.

Moore is bullying his fellow legislative Republicans to sign a letter calling for a special session of the state legislature to find a way to oust Fulton County DA Fani Willis. That sounds good, except it is impossible. The Republicans would need a 3/5 majority, which they do not have.

Moore’s agitation, amplified by the Georgia Freedom Caucus, is getting members harassed by Trump supporters nationwide who do not realize he cannot pull off what he wants even if every Republican supports his plan.

The fallback has been to claim that signing the letter is just a show of support.

Except we’ve been down this road many times with the establishment in the past. If all the Republicans sign on to the plan, many voters will wonder why exactly the GOP is not doing anything. These voters do not understand or care about the fine print that reads, “The GOP majority lacks the votes to call a special session.”

The stunt will rile up and agitate a lot of people who do not understand the nuances of Georgia’s constitution. It’s like the people demanding Governor Brian Kemp do something when there is no provision in the Georgia Constitution or laws that give him the power to just do something.

Even, of all people, Marjorie Taylor Greene is mocking State Senator Moore and the Georgia Freedom Caucus’s effort. She points out that Republicans lack the votes to impeach Fani Willis or even to call a special session to investigate her.

Nationally, however, voters don’t know. They are being whipped into a frenzy. The only person who benefits is Colton Moore, who is fundraising off the whole endeavor that he knows is doomed to fail.

In the meantime, his constituents will suffer because he is burning so many bridges with his colleagues that he’ll be hard-pressed to take care of his district’s needs when any legislation he adds his name to will be dead on arrival.

The Trump Establishment is no different from the pre-Trump Establishment. It’s all grifting off promises never meant to be fulfilled, leaving many angry people who didn’t know not to send money.

The grift needs to be purged

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