Senate Republicans could hide in a field of stubble
Even as the day's new John Bolton revelations flashed on TV screens, 51 Senate Republicans voted Friday to block President Donald Trump's impeachment trial from hearing witnesses and new evidence. How to describe their attitude? Return to the final days of Richard Nixon, and immortal words spoken by Indiana Rep. Earl Landgrebe:
"Don't confuse me with the facts. I've got a closed mind. I will not vote for impeachment."
The full picture 46 years later is of both mind and body. The Senate Republicans were cowering. Lips pressed together in fear of what a vindictive, vengeance-prone president will say and do. Knees trembled over Trump tweets. Any display of independence would yield cries of treason on Fox News, and warnings from big donors.
So much for an independent branch of government performing its constitutional duty.
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