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Thursday, August 23rd, 2018

Every Single House Republican Is Actively Covering Up Trump’s Guilt

Author:     Jonathan Chait
Source:     Daily Intelligencer
Publication Date:     21 August 2018 | 10:41 A.M.
 Link: Every Single House Republican Is Actively Covering Up Trump’s Guilt
Stephan:   As I am writing this, I am listening to Rachel Maddow talk about yet another just announced lawsuit in New York state concerning the basic mafia behavior of Trump, his family, his businesses, and his foundation. Earlier, I was listening to FOX who were telling their viewers that basically there is nothing to see here, move on. The coverage of Trump state TV, and MSNBC presents a sharp dichotomy between the norms and laws of the United States and the behavior of the Republican Party, its publicly elected officials, and its base. I am afraid people who care about facts must conclude that we have reached a place where about a third of Americans and the people they have elected no longer care about the primacy of law and the wellbeing of the institutions of the nation. Power. Greed. Racism. Those are the hallmarks of the Republican Party, and that is a factual statement, not a partisan one.

Paul Ryan, Donald Trump.
Credit: The Washington Post

Republicans stand a strong chance of losing control of at least one chamber of Congress in the midterm elections, because many voters want to create a check on the Trump administration. A Republican aide working to maintain GOP control of government tells Playbook that checking Trump’s power is exactly why you should vote Republican. “I think there’s a credible case to be made that if you actually want to hold Trump accountable it’ll take both parties to do it. Hence giving it all over to the Dems will just reinforce gridlock.”

This might be the single most disingenuous argument for voting Republican
yet devised.

The news that congressional Republicans plan to hold Trump accountable might come as a surprise to congressional Republicans themselves, who have just been issued fresh official talking points from their party for handling the latest misconduct they have been trying to cover up.

The official party line stresses that “the fact that a plea […]

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