Don't worry: 'You did not, in fact, take crazy pills this week,' writes SykesCharlie. 'It’s just the news cycle.'
The GOP scarcely blinks, but none of this was inevitable. Imagine someone transported to this moment from 2015 . Imagine explaining to a “normal” Republican what happened to their party.
Even a few years ago a charge of rape would have disqualified a politician at any level. All but the most rabid of tribal partisans would have been shocked at the prospect of running under the banner of a leader facing felony indictments for conspiracy and fraud. It would have been unthinkable to embrace a presidential candidate who spent his nights bleating out deranged ALL-CAPS rants.
Instead, the party has turned its wrath on the watchdogs: Republicans who wanted to lock up Hillary Clinton over her emails now want to defund the FBI and gut the Justice Department for enforcing the laws that Trump flouted.
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