Donald Trump bragged during the 2016 campaign that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and [he] wouldn’t lose any voters.” He taunted us with his belief that he could do whatever he wanted and there would be no consequences. He showed his disrespect for the public by implying that they were as immoral as he is.
Now we are in the midst of an impeachment trial in which the Republican senators are threatening to use a sham process to validate Trump’s belief that he can do whatever he wants. I hope the Republicans have badly misjudged the American people, who may well see their hypocrisy and shameful opportunism and hold them accountable in the voting booth in November. I think we will soon learn that the moral standards of the public exceed those of our congressional Trump loyalists.
Steven Locke
Wayland
Note from KBJ: Stop projecting your immorality onto President Trump, Steven.
