Massachusetts is a special place. Men seem to come out of there full of arrogance, but lacking a substantial soundness. C.S. Lewis called them men without chests. “Men without chests”:

In his book, The Abolition of Man, Lewis was prophetic in pointing out that relativism—the idea that there are no absolute truths—would lead to the decay of morality and a lack of virtue within society. Without a belief in and the teaching of universal moral laws, we fail to educate the heart and are left with intelligent men who behave like animals or as Lewis puts it, “Men without Chests.”

Jake Auchincloss seems to me to be one of those men.

Mr. Auchincloss (D) is in his first term representing the Fourth District of Massachusetts. He was previously a Republican and an Independent. Mr. Auchincloss is a Marine Major in the Individual Ready Reserve now, but during his active duty days, he deployed to Afghanistan and Panama. He graduated from Harvard and the Massachussets Institute of Technology. The Auchicloss family is prominent in the state and he is also related to McGeorge Bundy.

One might think someone with that resume would be substantial. One would be way wrong. By the way, his father is Deputy Director for Anthony Fauci. Yep. That explains so much.

A couple days after he was sworn as a Congressweenie it was January 6 and Auchincloss was able to show what a brave man he is:

This is a dark day for our democracy, but no mob will keep Congress from fulfilling its constitutional responsibility. We will certify @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris as the next leaders of our country. pic.twitter.com/R9Bhi9AdAo

— Rep. Jake Auchincloss (@RepAuchincloss) January 6, 2021

Just six months later, Auchincloss helped facilitate his own security breach in the Capitol when he and his staff allowed Stephen Colbert’s staff to wander around and reconnoiter the campus. Kim wrote that and you can read it here.

He was on Fox News Channel with Griff Jenkins and had warnings for Republicans about inciting violence and not counting chickens before they are hatched. He started out saying that Speaker Pelosi and her family have now been attacked at work and at home. Spare me. All of the Marines in my life have honor. The Fedsurrection of January 6 was horrible, but Nancy should have protected the Capitol. That’s part of her job. And, she and Paul are wealthy enough to have super-security at their homes. If Paul’s “friend” broke in and was confused that is not a political attack.

Auchincloss then said that on election night there will be a lot of disappointed GOP candidates and they should watch their words because there are a lot of disturbed individuals in this country. Griff Jenkins pointed out there has been violence on both sides and Auchincloss said to forget about the whataboutism, that there is a clear trend of GOP politicians inciting violence on the Far Right. What a slimy weaselboy. But it got worse, he called out Glenn Youngkin for political violence for saying “we are going to send Nancy home” to California to take care of her husband. Gawd, these people. Joe Biden has threatened Republicans and Auchincloss calls this a threat.

Here is the full video:

It’s very rich for someone like Jake Auchincloss to poo-poo whataboutism and warn the GOP about not counting chickens before they are hatched. Jake is going to owe us all an apology very soon. I know this guy is not a General Issue Marine. And, heck Massachusetts. Surely, you have some substantial men. Some men with chests. Chickens indeed.

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