chalkdustmemory:

“Trump is guilty. Why there’s such resistance to this reality is an interesting question. My own best guess is that it is too disquieting a reality to grapple with. Someone who has deliberately betrayed his country and who is compromised by and under the thumb of a foreign despot clearly should not be President. But his supporters don’t accept that. And as long as they don’t there’s no path to removing him from power prior to 2020 and maybe even beyond. That means that for the present we are locked in a situation in which we must operate in a system in which the person with the most power is working for a foreign adversary, whether out of avarice or fear. That is a profoundly uncomfortable reality. Remaining agnostic on the big question is more comfortable.”

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We Know Trump Is Guilty. We’re Having a Hard Time Admitting It (via wilwheaton)

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His voters don’t care if he’s guilty or not. Their bigotry is more important to them than anything else, including their own well-being. As long as he hates the same people they do they’ll keep supporting him.

Republican politicians will support anyone or anything that keeps them in power and getting more money. They will never remove him until supporting him threatens their own power. They only way to get rid of him is for democrats to take the house and senate.

(via meret118)