Thread by @NormOrnstein

I want you to consider just this past week:
1. A president who corrupted a rear admiral to justify his bizarre rants, lies and distortions about Alabama, and then, either directly or through his corrupt Commerce Secretary and/or corrupt Chief of Staff corrupted NOAA

An agency long noted for its expertise & honesty.
2. The discovery that the military had been corrupted, taken multiple out-of-the-way trips on missions to a foundering Trump property to funnel taxpayer money to him-- then stonewalled, with a SecDef enabling it by saying nothing

3. A president using the US imprimatur, power and resources to blackmail another country (Ukraine) to conspire with him to tilt the scales in favor of his reelection.

4. 4. A president who took money from disaster relief in the middle of a massive hurricane early in hurricane season, and money from vital defense projects and bases, to fund a vanity project of a border wall in defiance of clear congressional spending authority and intent.

5. A president who picks the gofer for his son-in-law, a 2016 college grad with no visible expertise, much less experience, to lead the Middle East peace initiative.

In ONE WEEK, more corruption, misuse of government resources and incompetent governance that nearly every other president experienced in their entire presidencies. And just as outrageous and shocking as the acts of Trump and his executive branch:

The fact that NONE of these corrupt acts-- NONE-- was openly criticized or challenged, or followed by a pledge to do oversight and hold hearings, by a single Republican in the Senate. No leader, no chair, no senator. The country has never, ever seen such a dereliction of duty.