Keep Spotlight on the Weak Little Republicans in Donald Trump’s Big, Ugly Shadow - Michael Tomasky
What are Republican leaders doing now that their voters have nominated a man who exists outside our democratic rules and norms?
Michael Tomasky
10.18.16 1:00 AM ET
It really ought to be obvious now to anyone that Donald Trump has nothing to do with any traditions of democracy and civil society on which we pride ourselves. No connection at all.
This isn’t just a political or ideological matter. Political and ideological matters are normal. We run into them all the time. So-and-so is against or for the Voting Rights Act; against or for abortion rights; views an unfettered free market as desirable or dystopian. That’s the terrain we usually fight on. We fight very hard on this terrain. These are important matters.
But this year, they’re dwarfed. Now the terrain isn’t higher taxes vs. lower taxes, growth vs. inequality, cultural tradition vs. cultural freedom. This year, it’s democracy vs. something that isn’t democracy.
That’s the choice that’s before America. Can anyone doubt at this point that if Trump actually were to be elected, and a situation arose that he could address most expediently—and most efficaciously to the greater glory of Trump—by suspending a section of the Constitution, or by announcing that he has determined (he, who knows nothing about such things and is proud of it!) that a certain court precedent is wrong and simply won’t obey it… can anyone say with a straight face that he wouldn’t do these things? It answers itself.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/18/keep-spotlight-on-the-weak-little-republicans-in-donald-trump-s-big-ugly-shadow.html
