Former GOP rep: Trump is 'intellectually and psychologically unfit'

.MaddowBlog: Former GOP Rep. Dave Trott says Pres. Trump is 'intellectually and psychologically unfit.'

It’s always helpful when Republican members of Congress leave Capitol Hill and begin speaking their minds without fear of political consequences. Take this New York Times report from earlier in the week, for example.

The response was instantaneous – but had nothing to do with the substance of Mr. Trott’s concerns. “Dave, you need to know somebody has already told the White House what you said,” he recalled a colleague telling him. It wasn’t long before Trott announced his retirement. In the 2018 midterm elections, he was replaced by a Democrat in a GOP-friendly district.

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