In a rather clumsy attempt to apologize for Donald Trump, the Republican party has been feverishly peddling false equivalencies between Trump’s crime spree and the misdeeds of former elected Democrats. Despite referring to the Democratic Party as “morally destitute” and “hypocritical,” the glaring contradiction in these sophomoric attempts is that Democrats actually held their elected officials accountable. The difference today is that Republicans didn’t hold Trump accountable when he committed campaign finance crimes after paying hush money to a porn star. And because they didn’t hold him accountable for campaign finance crimes, Trump was able to solicit Russian interference in the 2016 election. And because Republicans refused to hold him accountable for soliciting Russian interference, he was able to commit ten obstruction of justice felonies as documented by Robert Mueller. And because they didn’t hold him accountable for those ten felonies, Trump was able to bribe and extort President Zeleneski. And because Republicans refused to hold him accountable for extorting Zelenski, Trump tampered with witness Ambassador Yavonitch. And because they also didn’t hold him accountable for witness tampering, Trump was able to obstruct congressional proceedings for an impeachment hearing. And because they didn’t hold him accountable for obstruction, Trump tried to steal votes in the Georgia election. And because they didn’t hold him accountable for stealing votes, he maliciously declared election fraud. And because Republicans refused to hold him accountable for all the grotesque deceptions which have corroded our democracy, he is now being charged with 34 felony counts. The truth is the Republican party is morally bankrupt, dripping in hypocrisy and soaked in grievance. They never cared when Trump mocked a disabled reporter, bragged about sexual assault, incited an insurrection, tried to steal votes, or hosted an actual Nazi at his country club. The only thing they actually do care about is winning at all costs.
