Just how bad are Republicans?
President Trump  speaks during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 2. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
It turns out that electing  President Trump  was not the apex of Republicans’ political insanity. Since last November  consider the Trump GOP’s track record:
The GOP’s environmental agenda includes climate-change denial (despite the government’s own confirmation that climate change is real and man-made)  lifting the ban on importing elephant trophies (the first sons are avid big-game hunters and Christmas is around the corner) and trying in vain to save the coal industry. Trump’s GOP has made China look like a leader in global environmental issues.
The GOP’s constitutional conservatism amounts to giving a totally unqualified nominee who hid a conflict of interest a lifetime federal court appointment. (The Post reports: “ Brett J. Talley  the young lawyer nominated by President Trump for a lifetime federal judgeship in Alabama   was asked by a Senate committee to disclose family members who are likely to present potential conflicts of interest if  he  is confirmed. …  He  did not  however  identify any family members — including  his  wife  who is one of President Trump’s attorneys. Annie Donaldson is White House Counsel Donald McGahn’s chief of staff.”)  He ’s actually one of four nominees rated “unqualified” by the American Bar Association.
Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin explains the probability of impeachment or enacting the 25th amendment in the Trump era. (Adriana Usero Kate Woodsome Danielle Kunitz/The Washington Post)
 The Trump GOP  does not believe in fiscal responsibility nor in federalism (as evidenced by  its  attack on localities that don’t do the feds’ bidding on immigration enforcement) nor in legal immigration. It does  however  believe in mass deportation of “dreamers ” who came here illegally as children.
 The GOP president  believes 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally based on no evidence whatsoever but doesn’t think the Russians meddled in our election despite the unanimous findings of our intelligence services.
 The GOP president  does not believe the media should be able to write whatever it wants nor that a sheriff found in contempt of court for abusing the rights of suspected illegal immigrants should be convicted and punished.
The GOP-led Congress is content to tolerate Trump’s nepotism  massive conflicts of interest and possible receipt of foreign emoluments. It looks the other way as a president monetizes the office  hawking his properties at every opportunity.
[TGT]speaks during a meeting on tax policy with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Nov. 2. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
It turns out that electing  [TGT]was not the apex of Republicans’ political insanity. Since last November  consider the Trump GOP’s track record:
The GOP’s environmental agenda includes climate-change denial (despite the government’s own confirmation that climate change is real and man-made)  lifting the ban on importing elephant trophies (the first sons are avid big-game hunters and Christmas is around the corner) and trying in vain to save the coal industry. Trump’s GOP has made China look like a leader in global environmental issues.
The GOP’s constitutional conservatism amounts to giving a totally unqualified nominee who hid a conflict of interest a lifetime federal court appointment. (The Post reports: “ Brett J. Talley  [TGT]was asked by a Senate committee to disclose family members who are likely to present potential conflicts of interest if  [TGT]  is confirmed. …  [TGT]  did not  however  identify any family members — including  [TGT]  wife  who is one of President Trump’s attorneys. Annie Donaldson is White House Counsel Donald McGahn’s chief of staff.”)  He ’s actually one of four nominees rated “unqualified” by the American Bar Association.
Washington Post opinion writer Jennifer Rubin explains the probability of impeachment or enacting the 25th amendment in the Trump era. (Adriana Usero Kate Woodsome Danielle Kunitz/The Washington Post)
 [TGT]does not believe in fiscal responsibility nor in federalism (as evidenced by  [TGT]  attack on localities that don’t do the feds’ bidding on immigration enforcement) nor in legal immigration. [TGT] does  however  believe in mass deportation of “dreamers ” who came here illegally as children.
 [TGT]believes 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally based on no evidence whatsoever but doesn’t think the Russians meddled in our election despite the unanimous findings of our intelligence services.
 [TGT]does not believe the media should be able to write whatever [TGT] wants nor that a sheriff found in contempt of court for abusing the rights of suspected illegal immigrants should be convicted and punished.
The GOP-led Congress is content to tolerate Trump’s nepotism  massive conflicts of interest and possible receipt of foreign emoluments. It looks the other way as a president monetizes the office  hawking his properties at every opportunity.