Think about how much the Republican Party’s complete & utter corruption is taken for granted: We’re not hoping that evidence of Trump’s obvious guilt will get 20 of them to remove him. We’re hoping that 4 of them will even allow that evidence *to be heard*.
I think it’s important to point out that the more cynical you’ve been about what the Republican Party would do at any point in the last 10 years, the more accurate your predictions about their behavior would be.
Which is to say: anyone who thought Republicans actually cared about deficits or character or anything other than cutting taxes for the rich & regulations for polluters has been shocked at the last 4 years. Anyone who saw them for what they were back to the Bush years is not.
It shouldn’t be surprising that a political party that would deny obvious evidence of climate change to protect oil companies would deny obvious evidence of abuses of power to protect Trump. It’s all about maintaining their power, consequences be damned.
