Just like always but now they are openly admitting it. I am sure the republican politicians (They are to numerous to mention here.) who are openly saying they are tired of being in a party of ‘stupids’ have been saying it behind closed doors for a long time and have not been listened to. And they won't be listened to as long as Republicans continue to sell their votes to the highest bidder. When you know you are tricking the voters and think they are stupid then you are going to 'talk down to them'. Since you can't tell the truth you have to keep making up lies and when you pile lies on top of lies the logic is more than stupid.
I have heard the expression 'If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.' I think that it is more like 'If YOU tell a lie long enough, it becomes YOUR truth'.
I have several white racist associates and relatives. They want to rant but if I try to reason with them it quickly becomes. "Shut up, I don't want to hear about that." But they want me to listen to their lies built on lies. Thank goodness most of them do not vote.
We all heard some very stupid republican politicians statements during the past election and now that they were shown for what they were many of them no longer have a taxpayer funded paycheck. That is the only reason we are hearing slightly logical and somewhat intelligent Republicans calling out others in public for making everyone else look stupid because they all have to lie for each other.
So to republicans who are told by their NRA bosses to propose gun training for first graders it will be what they do. When a child injures a sibling trying to show them how a safety works on a gun left out by parents not trained in gun safety the NRA will recommend more gun safety classes and more. Of course the ones doing the training will be the ones who profit from gun sales.
Did you read about the gun salesman who shot his customer at a gun show. He pointed the gun at the floor (concrete, hard bullet bouncing concrete) and the gun he thought was empty went off and the bouncing bullet badly injured the customer. When the people who sell the guns are not safe with them how stupid is that. I have not heard one republican mention this nor the NRA say anything.
Australia was able to stop mass gun shootings with gun control and gun buy backs. While I would not expect to see as stiff gun control here in the United States it would be the logical and unstupid thing to do in some form. I am sure republicans with their NRA moneybags calling the shots (no pun intended) will not allow that in any really working form if they can help it. How stupid is that. Oh just the usual Republican stupid showing.