The fourth shoe has dropped, and it's dropped with a resonant thud that's still reverberating hours later. You would think that those Republican voters, faced with a candidate who leads the field by double digits as he drags 91 separate charges issued in 4 separate jurisdictions, both state and federal, behind him like a circus strongman dragging a large weight. You might think that your average Republicans, who claim to be decent and honorable people, would distance themselves from this toxic buffoon who seems to think that these folks owe him fealty simply because he's The Donald. These same 'Law and Order' Republicans who bemoan the increasing lawlessness of any American who is not a slavish devotee of 'The Gospel According to Trump' routinely cast aspersions on those sworn to uphold the rule of law and the Constitution that empowers them while fomenting insurrection and armed resistance. They believe that no Democrat can ever be allowed to hold public office. The degree to which some will go to 'own the libs' is frightening, in part because so many of them are armed and angry. Just last week a man was shot and killed in Utah after brandishing a handgun at FBI agents at whom he was brandishing a handgun as they were attempting to serve legitimately issued search and arrest warrants after he made credible threats on President Biden's life. One of my neighbors offered that the deceased Utah man should have "...killed the crooked f****r ...". These are the depths to which political discourse has sunk.
I don't exult over Mr. Trump's legal difficulties, as much as I bemoan the lawless approach to governance represented by Mr. Trump and his acolytes. There are decent Republicans out there, but they are overshadowed by Mr. Trump's apologists. Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson, both former governors and current candidates for the Republican nomination seem resistant to Mr Trump's more florid assertions, and I'm not seering current GOP members of the US Senate give Mr Trump any love. Current and former GOP governors seem to be generally resistant to Mr Trump's fervid theories about stolen elections and conspiratorial cabals. I suspect that the reason for that interesting disparity is because governors actually have to make their various states work on behalf of all their voters, not just their trumpian base. New England offers Chris Sunnunnu and Charlie Baker. Ohio offers John Kasich and Bob Taft. Maryland gave us Larry Hogan, Arizona gave us Doug Ducety, and Georgia gifted us with Brian Kemp. Sadly, none of them are running for president. Most of the current GOP field are not running for the presidency as much as they are auditioning for a cabinet post in a future Republican administration. The next 18 months promise to be interesting, indeed.
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