Opinion | Michael Wahid Hanna: Democrats' treatment of President Trump highlights broader reluctance for accountability. - NBCNewsTHINK
and a fragmented, under-resourced and unequal health care system. And, of course, any administration would have struggled to deal with a global pandemic.
Governance is a serious and complex undertaking, and we should expect imprecision and mistakes, but as citizens we must hold our leaders accountable when failures of leadership represent a reckless disregard for the common good. The denialism and inaction of the Trump administration and thein the face of a rising threat are now being measured in excess and avoidable deaths. Despite the manifest shortcomings of the U.S.
Accountability, however, is not simply a question of governance, preparedness and institutional capacity but an important tool for redressing wrongdoing and pursuing justice. We should understand oversight and accountability as opportunities to fully establish a historical record of how and why our national response failed while also providing an explanation for those who have suffered from those failures.
Simultaneously, aggressive accountability efforts are an important deterrent to future wrongdoing. Government officials and national leaders should not be allowed to lose sight of constitutional responsibility, and those duties should weigh heavily in the face of corrupt motives and the reckless endangerment of the people they serve. Public accountability is a necessary process if we hope to inculcate the importance of those duties. Shame is a powerful tool.
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