Jonah Goldberg: The Republican Party can still do what’s rational and right. Here’s the proof

There’s no record of Edmund Burke — the great Irish-born British statesman and father of modern conservatism — actually saying what is often attributed to him: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” But it does capture his worldview well enough.

It also captures a renewed, possibly short-lived triumph of courage and wisdom within the Republican Party.

Amid threats to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson for allowing a vote on aid to Sunday. “It’s my absolute honor to be in Congress,” he said, “but I serve with some real scumbags.”