In their unconditional support for President Trump, Republican lawmakers are disregarding perhaps their most important constitutional responsibility: to check the executive branch. Evidence released to the public so far should at least be troubling them that this president is out of bounds.
If he did break the law, and then got a total pass, the damage Trump could do is scary, not to mention the precedent it sets for future presidents who may feel unencumbered by Congress. Why else would Republicans do this except to hold on to their own power at the expense of our precious, and apparently vulnerable, democracy?
If Trump is guilty and gets no penalty, he becomes empowered. If he then goes rogue on us, the fact that lawmakers were not doing their jobs, and for their own political sake, is something history will not forgive. In saving themselves, they put us all at risk.
Jim Donlon
Holderness, N.H.
Note from KBJ: Guilty of what, Jim? Being an effective president? Donald Trump is already (after three years in office) the greatest president in my lifetime, and one of the greatest of all time. That's what pisses you off, isn't it?
