Trump and Barr ramp up their abuses of power--and Senate Republicans are responsible for all of it

[babylonsister]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/12/1918658/-Trump-and-Barr-ramp-up-their-abuses-of-power-and-Senate-Republicans-are-responsible-for-all-of-it

Trump and Barr ramp up their abuses of power—and Senate Republicans are responsible for all of it
Laura Clawson
Daily Kos Staff
Wednesday February 12, 2020 · 10:10 AM EST


This is what a liberated post-acquittal Donald Trump looks like: not chastened, as some of the more dishonest Senate Republicans said they hoped he would be, but ever more brazen in his corruption and his destruction of democratic institutions. Tuesday was a nightmare for justice in the United States of America, with three top prosecutors either stepping down from the case or resigning entirely as Attorney General William Barr obeyed a Trump tweet and intervened in the sentencing recommendations for Trump buddy Roger Stone.

That came after the news that Barr is working with Rudy Giuliani to dig up and launder dirt on Trump’s political opponents, and after the firing of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his brother from their White House jobs because he testified at the impeachment inquiry. Trump and Barr are committing the abuses, but every single Republican senator other than Mitt Romney gave them permission. Said “Go right ahead, we won’t do a thing about it.”

I’m talking about Susan Collins, up for reelection in Maine. Cory Gardner, up for reelection in Colorado. Joni Ernst, in Iowa. Thom Tillis, in North Carolina. Kelly Loeffler, who will be facing Georgia voters for the first time after being appointed to replace former Sen. Johnny Isakson. David Perdue, also in Georgia, meaning there are two Senate seats at stake in one state. Martha McSally, who lost a Senate election in Arizona in 2018 and was appointed to a Senate seat anyway—she needs to lose for a second time in a row.

Every single one of these people voted to let Trump continue his lawlessness. They voted that way when any halfway sensible person knew that he would take the vote as permission to do more and worse. These senators intended to give him that permission—and do more and worse he has. He has been publicly vindictive against Vindman for daring to testify to what Trump did on Ukraine. His attorney general is systematically perverting the administration of justice to cater to Trump’s personal desires, to protect his friends and persecute his opponents, making a mockery of the Justice Department's mission statement to “ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.”

Every Republican senator but Mitt Romney voted to tell Trump that he is above the law. In 2020, voters can make some of them pay for that. Give now to send the opposite message—that no one is above the law—by defeating these Republicans in 2020.

[in2herbs]

1. With his vote on Art. 2 Romney said the pres can ignore Congressional subpoenaes, so I am

not in the group that Romney told rump that he is not above the law. IMO Romney's vote on Art 1 was a revenge vote for the way rump treated him when applying for the SOS job.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Republicans have PROVEN they are NOT the party of Law and Order....

They are ENABLERS of breaking the Rule of Law and pissing on the US Constitution.

Every Congressional Republican, save for Mitt Romney, are RESPONSIBLE for this Pandora's Box of Corruption. May the voters wise up and REJECT this administration before they find themselves losing everything. It just might take a revolution to save our Republic and Constitution.

[kacekwl]

3. Now they must continue to kiss trumps ass

or they look stupid. Which they are. How far will they go to justify breaking their oath of office ?

[Mystery sage]

4. How far? Somewhere deep in the Devil's ass.

As far as morality is concerned but don't look at me I have never been there.