'The actions of Trump’s Republican enablers aren’t good for the rule of law or constitutional government. Nor will they be good for the GOP of the future, when the tables inevitably turn,' writes USA TODAY's Editorial Board for usatodayopinion.
, you would have to conclude that they are a confident lot. Most of the world believes that Americans will someday elect a Democratic president, but apparently not today’s Republicans.
In Wednesday evening's votes in favor of two articles of impeachment, not a single House Republican found Trump's Ukraine shakedown and stonewall sufficiently outrageous to rise to an impeachable level. In the Obama administration, Republicans investigated the tragic attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya; Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of State; the IRS scrutiny of conservative nonprofits; and a controversial and failed program that involved straw purchases of firearms in an effort to infiltrate Mexican gangs.
They have, furthermore, amplified his conspiracy theories, most notably that Ukraine, rather than being a victim of Trump’s misuses of office, is actually a sinister nation and that it — rather than Russia — interfered in the 2016 presidential election.With both articles having passed — Abuse of Power by a vote of 230-197 and Obstruction of Congress by a vote of 229-198 — the process now heads to the Senate, where all signs are that the Republicans there will follow suit.
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