Trump's appeasers only make his assault on democracy worse | Analysis by StCollinson
GOP heavyweights who appease ex-President Donald Trump and whitewash his election lies to advance their own political careers only encourage even more damaging attacks on democracy and his building authoritarianism. It was true in the 2016 campaign, when the GOP abetted Trump's demagoguery on the assumption he would behave in office. It was the same story when he escaped conviction by Republican senators in two impeachments.
So he boasted on Sean Hannity's show that he had spent four years in a"foxhole" with Trump and they remain good friends. But that friendship depends on not confronting the gusher of lies about the election, which are threatening the very democratic political system that Pence one day hopes to lead.Another potential 2024 candidate trying to make up for her apostasy to Trumpism is former South Carolina Gov.
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