Opinion: There is no bottom. Republicans show they’ll defend just about anything Trump does.
President Donald Trump at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 22 at 12:34 PM There’s a pattern that Donald Trump has followed many times when accused of wrongdoing. First, deny it. Then, when irrefutable proof emerges that you did it and your denials were lies, insist that there was nothing wrong with it in the first place.
That alone is shocking and despicable. But it's just one part of a larger Republican argument, one that says not that Trump did some unfortunate things but nothing that would justify prosecution or impeachment, but instead that he is completely blameless because there is no such thing as unethical conduct if committed by Donald Trump.
Republicans could if they chose take a similar stance right now. They could say that of course it was inappropriate for Trump's son, son-in-law, and campaign chairman to eagerly welcome Russians they thought would offer up dirt on Clinton courtesy of the Kremlin. Of course Trump shouldn't have told his underlings over and over to lie to the public. Of course he shouldn't have pressured intelligence officials to help him undermine the FBI investigation into Russia.
Try if you can to recall all the unease among Republicans that greeted Trump's capture of their party's presidential nomination in 2016.
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