How Long Will Republicans Tolerate Trump's Lawlessness?

[StClone]

Bloomberg has an opinion piece on how Democrats can only do so much; the death of Democracy is in the hands of Republicans.

Republicans have been okay with all this, presumably because they’re getting what they want on policy. Or perhaps out of pure partisanship. Or maybe because they’re so deep in the conservative information-feedback loop that they’ve convinced themselves none of it is real. But they should be taking stock now of just how much lawlessness they’re willing to tolerate. At this point, it looks like the whistleblower’s story involves Trump attempting to offer U.S. policy favors to Ukraine in exchange for dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-09-20/how-long-will-republicans-tolerate-president-trump-s-lawlessness

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Democrats running for office need to do this.....

Tell voters that the Republican Party NO LONGER is the Party of......

Values
The Rule of Law
National Security
Civil and Voting Rights
Protectors of the Enviornment
Fiscal Policy
Transparency
Defenders of the US Constitution


When Democrats keep on the Offensive and take the fight to the voters, the voters will respond. I hold out some hope that there will be enough of them that come to their senses by November of 2020.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. Until they lose.

[njhoneybadger]

3. As long as Charles Koch, Putin, and Murdoch want them to

(The real Deep State)

[BlueMTexpat]

4. Yes. Unfortunately.

They are afraid of Trump and they are afraid of his masters.

[RockRaven]

5. Ask the same of the Chinese Communist Party -- the answer is: as long as they can retain power.

Until they are OUT of power, they will fight tooth and nail AGAINST the rule of law and use those law violations to stay IN power.

[grumpyduck]

6. Cowards!!!!!

[RainCaster]

7. The GOP will tolerate it forever, I want to know when the Dems have had enough!

Nancy?



Any time now.

[wasupaloopa]

9. Did you read the piece? Here is part of it for you. It ain't Nancy you should be blaming.

Democrats can’t do much about this by themselves. Sure, they can attempt to convince the public that Trump’s actions demonstrate that he’s unfit for office, and it’s reasonable to consider every method of doing so, including a partisan impeachment ending in a party-line acquittal in the Senate. They should also continue their investigations, even though much of the case against Trump has been public from the beginning.

But we know how public opinion works. As long as Republicans choose to stay relatively united, either in denying evidence of Trump’s malfeasance or claiming that there’s nothing wrong with it, then Democrats will be unable to generate enough constituent pressure to change their minds. Whatever evidence is turned up, Republicans probably can brazen it out if that’s what they really want, regardless of the damage it does to U.S. democracy. So that leaves one question for them: Is this really what you want?

[Zambero]

8. As long as birds of a feather flock together

Every time Trump gets away with something, he and his minions become more emboldened. He now has his "Roy Cohn" in AJ Barr. The only thing that scares them is the prospect of losing their grip on power.

[enough]

10. As long as he keeps providing everything that has been on their

political wishlist for decades. Tax cuts for the rich, stacked courts at all levels, destroy government agencies, decimate regulation.

[FiveGoodMen]

11. Forever

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