A reader expresses skepticism towards the GOP ever checking out a Trump scandal:
The GOP is not going to do a single thing to get in Trump’s way. Ever. Only a massive public outcry, with massed demonstrations in the streets, etc. like those over the Viet Nam war (but larger) are going to change anything.
It looks like the Russian interference may awaken the GOP from its sloth. Consider this CNN report, headlined “McConnell, senators unite behind investigation into Russian hacking“:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell broke with President-elect Donald Trump over Russia on Monday, saying he supports a congressional investigation into findings that Russian hackers attempted to influence the election.
McConnell praised the American intelligence community, saying he has “the highest confidence in the intelligence community, and especially the Central Intelligence Agency” — which Trump had recently lambasted over its findings.
McConnell’s comments were an implicit rebuke of Trump, who has questioned whether Russia actually interfered with the election, including with hacks of Democratic operatives.
I would be more likely to agree with my reader if it wasn’t Trump, but rather someone from the GOP establishment waiting to become President. There must be some bruised feelings, at the very least – and a few GOPers who still remember that the first allegiance goes to the country, not to the Party.
