Opinion | The GOP glosses over the unthinkable — and plays into Trump’s hand

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Opinion | The GOP glosses over the unthinkable — and plays into Trump’s hand
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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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