Harrop: Republicans only hope is to join fight against Trump
Boy, wouldn’t it be great to get that mentally unstable thug out of the Oval Office? That’s putting it undiplomatically, I know, but the time has passed for treating the presidency of Donald Trump as anything less than a freaky aberration of our democratic norms. Thank you, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, for dispensing with all delicacy and stating that Trump has put our institutions under assault “internally,” as well as “externally.”
Impeachment is the constitutionally sanctioned way to get rid of him, but that job would fall on the shoulders of a Republican-controlled Congress. Despite polls showing a collapse in the general public’s support for Trump, Republican backing for the president remains high. Thus, such a bold move seems unlikely for now.
So what are Democrats, independents, never-Trump Republicans and no-longer-Trump Republicans to do? Wait until Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, for the midterm elections and hope they deliver a Democratic House majority. Then impeachment proceedings may commence.
As for congressional Republicans, many now find themselves in a basement elevator shaft looking up at the freight platform barreling down. Do they not get re-elected because they offended the Trump base — or do they not get re-elected because their leadership has appalled most everyone else?
There is a third option: doing what’s right for the country and letting the chips fall. If patriotic Republicans lost, they would lose with honor, for history will not treat the Trump era kindly.
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