We saw it coming with torture.

[edhopper]

When the GOP near unanimously supported the use of torture without batting an eye.

We could see that there is no crime they will not support to keep power.

What's happening now with Trump should not surprise anyone.

[lunatica]

1. You hit the nail on the head!

Those of us who can extrapolate patterns into the future sure saw this! Many of us spoke out as loudly as we could to very little avail. I joined DU because of it.

If we, as a country don’t rectify and make sure this doesn’t happen again then we deserve the dictatorship we will get.

[edhopper]

5. I am becoming more ans more discouraged

with the character of my fellow citizens.

[guillaumeb]

6. 37%.

And it should not be 3.7%, but they truly are deplorable.

[edhopper]

8. I hope that is all there is

discouraged that impeachment approval isn't at 60%.

[DENVERPOPS]

13. I couldn't agree more

I was screaming my head off since the first year of the Reagan administration when Bush Sr. , Cheney, rumsfeld etc et al were just starting to show their true colors.
I screamed even more when Bush Sr. pardoned them all and brought them into his administration.
I was nearly hysterical when they all appeared in the W administration and with what they were doing.

Everyone told me to get off my soap box and settle down, it wasn't THAT bad.........

One of them even apologized to me the other day........

Alot of good that does at this point.........

WASF

[rampartc]

2. if i remember correctly, their claim was

"enhanced interrogation techniques" are not torture, and, of course, the "ticking time bomb."

our congresscritters allowed them to get away with it.

we all knew what trump was before he was elected.

[edhopper]

4. excuses for the inexcusable

same as now.

[soldierant]

14. I don't think edhopper is disagreeing with "we all knew."

Rather, I think he's horrified (as am I) that "we all knew - and 37% LIKED it."

[rampartc]

17. add me to the list of "horrified"

[edhopper]

15. To be clear

I was agreeing with you and saying THEY are excusing the unexcusable.

[RKP5637]

3. The GOP, a bunch of sociopaths! n/t

[patphil]

7. Having Trump as president of the United States constitutes torture.

The Republicans seem to be all for that.

[lunatica]

9. Well it is torture for brown children and their parents in cages.

Today, as we speak.

[paleotn]

10. And nothing was done about it when they left office.

It's got to be different this time. When this is over, the criminals have got to go to jail. Justice demands it. The rule of law demands it.

[edhopper]

18. Yes, this!

[mudstump]

11. I wasn't surprised...but,

I am surprised at how vulnerable our system of government is when actually faced with a takeover by lawless republicans and dictator in the WH. I thought that our institutions would provide the guardrail, but it hasn't. It should be a lot easier to get rid of a president like Trump. In fact, the electoral college should have never voted him into office. We knew who he was back then.

[barbtries]

12. i've been told this,

and i can see the progression from nixon to reagan to bushes 1 and 2 to trump, but I am surprised.

some little inner Pollyanna in me thought there must be some republicans who believe in the rule of law. even now, we have to find some. if we can.

[Scotch-Irish]

16. I totally agree with that. The GOP is not a supporter of the US.

I don't know how those cultist assholes can even show their faces.