The GOP's Loyalty Test for their base has spawned a wave of vaccine avoiders, not to mention the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol.  Denying reality became a tool to combat the environmental movement's work to stop global warming/climate change.  Denial now is being used to obstruct COVID vaccinations, masks, social distancing and Biden's Presidential Election victory and it's descending the party into The Deep.

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/opinion/climate-denial-covid-denial.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage