Opinion: The GOP’s declaration of moral bankruptcy
Changing his vote from the public stance he took last month, Sen. Thom Tillis , center, voted to support President Trump's declaration of a national emergency to pay for his border wall. By Max Boot Max Boot Columnist covering national security Email Bio Follow Columnist March 17 at 12:54 PM “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
Republicans now found themselves making excuses for a boorish, ignorant demagogue who had no respect for the fundamental norms of democracy and no adherence to conservative principles. The party of fiscal conservatism excused a profligate president who added $2 trillion in debt and counting. The party of family values became cheerleaders for what Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has witheringly and accurately called the “porn star presidency.
That was the day that 41 of 53 Republican senators voted to ratify President Trump’s blatantly unconstitutional and transparently cynical declaration of a national emergency so that he can spend money for a border wall that Congress refuses to appropriate. This comes 16 days after 182 out of 195 House Republicans voted the same way. Only 13 Republicans in the House and 12 in the Senate dared to block this flagrant assault on the Constitution.
But only one Republican who is up for reelection next year — Susan Collins — had the guts to defy the president. Other senators stared into the abyss and blinked. Ben Sasse , who prides himself on his devotion to the Constitution and his independence from Trump, was among the sellouts. No one should take his claims to be a serious person seriously ever again. So too supposed constitutional conservatives such as Lindsey O. Graham , Charles E.
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